UTC clock problem

Catach · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: UTC clock problem

Ok whats the best way to get Gentoo to use the exact BIOS clock for it's time setting? I tried to link /etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC, which I thought would just sync on the hardware clock, but I get these crazy random skews everytime I boot.

When I continually reboot and change the BIOS clock back to the real time Gentoo gets closer and closer. I thought I had it last night but I booted this morning and i'm 1h 20m off again :evil:

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hardcore · l33t Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 626 Location: MSU, MI

Link to your local timezone, then in /etc/rc.conf change

Catach · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:53 am Post subject:

Did that, but it's still skewed by about 2 hours. I remember some file that recorded the clock offset or something that should be deleted, what's it called?

Is there a timezone that just reads from the hardware clock and thats it, nothing else?
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hardcore · l33t Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 626 Location: MSU, MI

You want to link /etc/localtime to a city that is in your timezone. If your clock is constantly gaining/losing minutes, your CMOS battery is dying, replace it.
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sabaisabai · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:40 pm Post subject:

remove /etc/adjtime That should fix the skew on startup.

You'll probably find that the last number in the first line of your old /etc/adjtime is non-zero, which means Gentoo is trying to adjust your time when you boot.
After removing the file Gentoo will re-create it upon boot, and the last value on the first line should be zero.