Public bug reported: I have an old Mac laptop that I run PPC Edgy on. Every once and a while my time will get out of whack and the date will be set to something like January 1 1904. When this occurs random things start happening.
eg: host whatever.com segfaults Gnome Applets no longer load and randomly disappear Networking dies When I set the clock back to a normal time everything starts working 100% again. Unforunately this has to be done via the command line as my desktop does not work correctly. Now this isn't a huge problem but I can see how it would be extremely confusing for a computer newbie. I would think the Linux kernel would somehow set the date to at least something sane should something like this occur. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Edgy PPC when time is grossly incorrect system does not function https://launchpad.net/bugs/77898 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs