Dual booting system Time problem [Solved]

einstein1981 · Last edited by einstein1981 on Sat May 21, 2005 2:45 pm; edited 1 time in total

I have a win xp and gentoo booting system. only one problem... when I boot into linux it seriously screws my time settings, bios... so I never have the correct time...
and this also changes it in windows. even if I change it back I still have bad time in win.

I checked and the time is not synching with a server. also I live in venezuela, so the time is gmt -4, I don't know if this affects...

well this is it, and it has me baffled, if I only boot in windows it never changes it.

thanks
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MagusWizardo · n00b Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 49

Try:
'rm /etc/adjtime'
Then, open /etc/rc.conf in your favourite text editor, and set
CLOCK="local"
Then set Windows to the right time.

I think this is a side effect of Windows setting the BIOS clock when you adjust it's time, and Linux's way of keeping time running smoothly (it detects if it's gaining or loosing).

einstein1981 · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the reply, will be trying it as soon as I can...

I don't think it's because linux tries to keep time ok, because it's not a few minutes... its usually two days and 14 hours...
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einstein1981 · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject:

Worked great, thanks
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einstein1981 · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:39 am Post subject:

Still having problems with this... don't know what to do... jeje

thanks
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hinken · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 109

Try emerging "ntp"

then put ntp-client in your startup(rc-update add ntp-client)

That worked for me!