On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:17 AM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 When you use a dual/multi-boot system you need to disable one or more of your systems from automatically updating for daylight savings. This goes whether you are booting multiple versions of Windows or a mixture of Windows and Linux. The other issue is that you need to patch your Windows software. Daylight savings began last month. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
