System Date keeps changing

kronon · Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 212 Location: NL

Hi I have a really strange problem.
I have a problem with gentoo changing my date (and time) every time gentoo boots.
This results in me having to change the time and date back to something more reasonable (gentoo thinks it's July for some reason).. I don't have this problem when I reset date and time in bios and boot windows (if I pull the plug out of my computer, put it back in and boot with windows I still don't have the problem). The problem only occurs when booting gentoo.
I can't find where gentoo *s things up. It is driving me insain as kontakt show me * appointments in the future as current events.
Can some one please help me?

Regards Kronon.
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tboloo · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

Check if /etc/conf.d/clock is properly configured, also look in /etc/rc.conf for any errors, and if nothing helps

kronon · Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 212 Location: NL

checking /etc/conf.d/clock was the first thing I did.
It is set on local time. I haven't enabled any other valuable option in it.
Using ntp looks more like a workaround then a fix to me:( (thanks for the reply though).
Things work on my laptop and that one doesn't use ntp.
I would like my computer to work in a place withouth internet;).

So any other ideas?
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tboloo · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

Hmm. That's weird.
Did you emerge sys-libs/timezone-data ?
If not do it, and after merging issue

kronon · Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 212 Location: NL

Think that solved the problem. Atleast the date is correct now.

Thanks:).
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tboloo · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

HTH
Don't forget to add [solved] to the topic
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kronon · Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 212 Location: NL

Actualy, the next day I discovered that it still keeps shifting hours (not months any more, but still). So it isn't totally solved:(.
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tboloo · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject:

Then it must be battery on your mobo - at least I don't see any other reason...
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kronon · Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 212 Location: NL

It's an nvidia a8n-sli 3months old.
So I don't think it's the battery.
Besides no problems with windows.
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DragonK · n00b Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 40

Hi,

I've got a similar problem on my notebook... I've got a new Dell Inspiron 6400 and the clocks keeps falling behind (hours). I'm not sure, but it seems to happen when I unplug it from the AC source and poweroff (overnight). I don't think I've got CMOS battery problems, since it's a new computer and I didn't get any bios-data corruption related messages (as I suppose it would happen if the battery was failing..)

Any ideeas? :roll: