Hi Mikkel and Chris, 2009/4/6 Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 04:19 -0700, suvayu ali wrote: >> Hi all, >> The system time on my F10 is showing a time one hr ahead of the real >> time, neither does it let me change. What could be wrong? >> >> $ date >> Mon Apr 6 05:17:16 PDT 2009 >> >> -- >> Suvayu > > Perhaps your system is set to keep time in UTC, and another system > (Linux distro, live disc, Windows) is set to to run the hardware clock > in local time, and bumped the time by 1 hour when you booted after the > daylight savings time switch? > I have my hardware clock set to the local time. Yesterday I booted to my XP partition first time after the DST change. Looks like that had something to do with this. > >From the Gnome desktop, you can right-click on the clock in the panel > bar and select 'Adjust Date and Time'; > I tried changing it from there, but it wouldn't let me change it even after entering the root password. It could be that I was doing a typo there, as after your reply I changed it from the command line just fine with a sudo before date. > You can also set the time from the command line with the 'date' command > (see 'man date'), or get the time from a time server (once) with the > command 'rdate -s time.nist.gov' (US server, not responding from here > atm) or 'rdate -s time.nrc.ca' (Canadian server). Once the system > (software) clock is updated, you can then write the time to the hardware > clock with 'hwclock --systohc'. > > Strong recommendation: turn on NTP (network time protocol) if your > network environment is appropriate (i.e., usually connected to the > internet and can initiate outbound connections to servers) -- your > system will then periodically contact time servers and try to keep your > local clock on-track. 'chkconfig ntpd on' should do the trick. > I have turned ntpd on, thanks for the suggestion. I have a strong hunch booting to XP after the DST change caused this mismatch. What is the recommended way of maintaining the system time for dual boot machines? > -Chris > Thanks a bunch. :) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
