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gsilva
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 Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: Clock malfunction |
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Hi!
Lately I've been having some problems with my computer clock... I have two OS: Gentoo and Windows (for playing, once in a while).
The problem is that when I switch between OS's my clock starts going back in time and I can't figure out why... Could someone help me?
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Link31
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Check the "clock=" setting in /etc/conf.d/hwclock. It seems that it must be set to "local" (not "UTC") when dual booting with windows. |
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gsilva
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| It's already set to local and the timezone to Portugal.. |
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champ
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Not sure what may be causing the problem, but you might consider using ntp-client on gentoo. It will sync your clock on boot. | Code: | emerge ntp
rc-update add ntp-client boot |
This will not work however if you behind a proxy
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gsilva
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Also tried that :\
Everytime I come from Windows to Gentoo my clock goes 30min back in time... |
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champ
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Everytime I come from Windows to Gentoo my clock goes 30min back in time. |
Interesting! What computer do you have? I and others have had problems with new HP/Compaq computers going back 30-45 minutes on startup. It appears to be a hardware problem, which then disappears after a while.
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gsilva
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Asus G1 (the first version -> P) 
It disappears after a while? What do you mean?
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soka
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| Check and see if the motherboard battery is not discharged. Something similar happened to me recently and that was the problem. |
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gsilva
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| Yesterday I tried only using Windows. Of course, it lasted only a few boots/hours but the clock kept good, as well as it keeps correct on Gentoo if I don't switch between them. |
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hind
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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You might want to disable "Windows Time" service in windows (right click on "My Computer" -> Manage -> Services), it screwed my computer clock more than once.
Also, check that you linux clock syncs back to hardware, but it's only important if you set your clock through Gentoo. |
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gsilva
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Well, after a while I'm starting to think that this is a gentoo problem since my clocl goes back even if I don't touch Windows... When I boot, the clock is OK but after starting Gnome it goes something like 15min back. This only happens on Shutdown+Boot-up and not on Restart.
This is really confusing :\ |
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mv
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I would bet this is a problem with your /etc/adjtime. Delete this file, and make sure that it does not generated automatically by /etc/init.d/clock or /etc/init.d/hwclock, respectively. Depending on whether you use baselayout-2 or baselayout-1 you have to set clock_adjtime to NO and perhaps pass the parameter CLOCK_ARGS="--noadjfile" to hwclock in the corresponding /etc/conf.d/*clock file. |
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gsilva
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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I did what you said and apparently it fixed the problem
The funny thing is that I get this error at startup:
| Code: | hwclock: The --adjust and --noadjfile options are mutually exclusive. You specified booth.
Failed to set clock You will need to set the clock yourself |
My /etc/conf.d/clock seems fine... why is this happening? |
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mv
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| gsilva wrote: | | Code: | | hwclock: The --adjust and --noadjfile options are mutually exclusive. |
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It seems that your baselayout passes --adjust to hwclock which it shouldn't do. In baselayout-2 (more precisely: in openrc) there is the clock_adjtime variable (if you set this, you do not have to set clock_args). I do not remember whether there was something similar in baselayout-1 in /etc/conf.d/clock - I have upgraded since months. |
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