[lug] uname -a issue

Scott A. Herod herod at interact-tv.com
Mon Jan 15 11:19:13 MST 2001


If you just need to set the local timezone, check "timeconfig".

Justin wrote:
> 
> I've recently compiled a 2.4.0 kernel and it works fine. However, I get
> the following doing a 'uname -a':
> 
> root at newschool:/usr/src/linux/Documentation# uname -a
> Linux newschool 2.4.0 #1 Sun Jan 14 17:56:03 Local time zone must be
> set--see zic manuai686 i686 unknown
> 
> I've looked for doc's on 'zic' and read the manpage but it's confusing
> to me. Anyone ran into this issue and remedied yet? Or if someone can
> point me to a good reference on zic. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Justin
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