reset date and time

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Ben Stringer wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 16:39 +1000, Yuandan Zhang wrote:
>>>
>>> Your settings look fine here. Same as mine, except I am in Melbourne.
>>>
>>> Try (as root):
>>>
>>> hwclock --debug
>>>
>>> and post the results.
>>>
>>> It may be the problem specific to your hardware stopping you setting the
>>> clock.
>>>
>>> Also, if you run "hwclock" by itself, does it display the correct time?
>>>
>>> You can see the commands executed at shutdown (including the syncing of
>>> the hardware clock) in /etc/init.d/halt if this is helpful in debugging
>>> your problem.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Ben
>>
>> hwclock --debug produced NO error message
>
> That's good, but posting the results (output) will make it easier to
> work out what the problem is.

Also, what is in /etc/sysconfig/clock?

Also, do you have the latest selinux-policy-targeted update installed?

Also, what happens when you enter "setenforce 0" and then issue the 
hwclock command or go through the shutdown?

>
>>
>> looked at the /etc/init.d/halt script,
>> the command or process is
>>
>>  /sbin/hwclock --systohc --localtime
>>
>> the command line run of this command is ok
>> but during halt, it failt, showing
>>
>> Syncing hardware clock to system time     [FAILED]
>>
>> i want to try set time in the bios, what key to trigger bios setup?
>
> Depends on your BIOS, usually "DEL" or "F2" shortly after the PC is
> booted.
>
> Cheers, Ben
>
>
>

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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