[lug] date

[Calvin Dodge]

llornkcor wrote:
> 
> I just noticed, that upon boot, that the system time gets reset 1/2 hour
> earlier than it really is, so 8:00 becomes 7:30. As I am unfamiliar with
> the boot-up process, and all the start-up stuff, any help would be appreciated.
> I found the clock function in rc.sysinit, but am unsure of how to remedy

Your BIOS clock is getting out of sync with the real time.

I take care of this thusly:

1) use xntpd (or ntpdate with a dial-up connection) to be sure the system clock
is accurate.
2) put an executable script in /etc/cron.daily which contains the line
"/usr/sbin/setclock" (this sets the BIOS clock to the system time)

Calvin

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