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Spack971
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 Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: GNOME clock change current location and time |
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Hi all,
I would like to know how can I change the system time as a normal user in GNOME? When I go in the GNOME clock settings, the button to set time is disabled.
Plus, the GNOME Clock applet allows to set various locations and then shows weather and time for these locations. But when I used to use openSUSE, I was able to change my current location and by the same time change my current timezone. Normally, there is a little 'home' icon that appears when you are over a location. You can then click on it to change the timezone.
So, how can I manage with time in GNOME? |
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audiodef
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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I think system time is something that requires root-level access, so even logged in as a normal user, I think you would be asked for a root password.
I would open a terminal, su, and use the date command. The date command works like this:
to see the current system date and time, and
to change it. You also, as root, want to change the clock opts to "yes" for the option to save the hardware clock to the current system time (edit /etc/conf.d/clock or /etc/conf.d/hwclock, depending on your system setup), otherwise the hardware clock will not change and it will all revert back to what it was on the next reboot.
The date string components above, FYI, are MM=month (with leading zero), DD (day, with leading zero), HH (hour), mm (minute), YYYY (year, all four digits).
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Spack971
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| audiodef wrote: | | I think system time is something that requires root-level access, so even logged in as a normal user, I think you would be asked for a root password. |
Yes I know that but on some Linux distribution, you can change the time within GNOME from the clock applet. After it prompted for the root password, you can change the time settings.
[edit] Here is what I mean: Clock Usage. But I can't adjust the time because the button is disabled  |
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fusero
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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amazing.... i also can't do it.....
one more....
| Spack971 wrote: | | audiodef wrote: | | I think system time is something that requires root-level access, so even logged in as a normal user, I think you would be asked for a root password. |
Yes I know that but on some Linux distribution, you can change the time within GNOME from the clock applet. After it prompted for the root password, you can change the time settings.
[edit] Here is what I mean: Clock Usage. But I can't adjust the time because the button is disabled |
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fiolj
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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I think you have to install app-admin/system-config-date:
| Code: | | emerge -av system-config-date |
that is currently masked (~x86). You could look into it to see why has it been masked.
Regards, Juan |
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