This is a common problem on powerpc ibook's once the NVRAM battery goes
flat.
Apparently this has been discussed with upstream:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/23426/comments/18
Mark
This patch is a hack, but you get the idea:
--- hwclockfirst.sh.orig2009-05
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Daniel Holbach => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
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Gnome wont start if date is incorrect.
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This upload fixes the bug:
gnome-session (2.19.2-0ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
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* New upstream version:
Session Manager
- Use g_usleep() instead of usleep()
- Don't hardcode start of assistive technologies software
- Fix splash screen in RTL environments
- Improve spl
i spotted this in the gnome-session 2.19.2-0ubunut1 change log
"Warn the user if the clock is totally wrong and let him launch a
config tool"
i'll test it when i get a chance
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i have spoken by email to the developer of hwclock.
he said he will change Hwclock in the next release to recognize a
negative result from mktime() as invalid, so it will recognize a
pre-1970 value of the hardware clock as an error.
a quicker solution would be putting something in /etc/init.d/hwc
** Bug 23025 has been marked a duplicate of this bug
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