apparently the timezone wasn't set (i thought anaconda defaulted to EST?) probably user error during installation, maybe i had a flashback and thought i was back in germany...
solution: edit /etc/sysconfig/clock to include the statement: ZONE="America/New_York" and everything started working (had to reboot to make the change take effect). thanks to jon and jeremy katz for pointing this out! jason On Friday 21 March 2003 10:20, Brent Fox wrote: > On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 09:46, Jon Carnes wrote: > > The error says that you have no timezone set. Did you set the timezone? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason Tower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:00 AM > > Subject: [TriLUG] NTP time offset > > > > > > i just built a RH8 box and set up the NTP daemon to sync with > > clock1.unc.edu, > > but the time that gets set is exactly two hours off (it sets the time to > > be 9:14:06 when it is actually 11:14:06). there is no clock adjustment > > in the bios (it's an older compaq server with that annoying "put the bios > > files on the hard disk" setup). and i can't get redhat-config-time to > > run, it errors out: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# redhat-config-time > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/redhat-config-date.py", line 35, in > > ? mainWindow.mainWindow().stand_alone() > > File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/mainWindow.py", line 181, in > > __init__ self.timezonePage = timezone_gui.timezonePage() > > File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timezone_gui.py", line 50, in > > __init__ self.tz = TimezoneMap(zonetab, self.default, map=path) > > File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timezone_map_gui.py", line 139, in > > __init__ > > self.setCurrent(self.currentEntry) > > File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/timezone_map_gui.py", line 180, in > > setCurrent > > self.markers[self.currentEntry.tz].hide() > > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tz' > > > > any suggestions? > > Please see bug #76313. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=76313 > > You need to update to the latest redhat-config-date in Rawhide. That > should fix the problem. > > > Cheers, > Brent > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
