For some reason, every time I shut down and reboot my machine, the system time advances four hours. The local time here is EDT (-4hrs UTC). I have it set correctly in Yast and have the ‘hardware clock is set to UTC’ checked.
However, for some reason, the next time I boot, the system time will be ahead four hours. Anything I’m missing???
The last time I saw something like this, the CMOS clock had been set to use Universal Time and not local time when openSUSE was installed. So, open YaST / System / Date & Time and see if Hardware Time set to UTC is checked. If so, uncheck it and see what that does for you on a reboot. Make sure the local time is correct before you reboot.
Thank You,
I went into Yast and unchecked the Hardware Time Set to UTC. After correcting the local time and rebooting, the system time was reset to four hours ahead. I re-did the procedure a number of times and ended up with the same result. Is there another setting somewhere else in Yast?
I went into Yast and unchecked the Hardware Time Set to UTC
So you were setting the CMOS clock to UTC. It sounds like now you might need to go into your BIOS setup and make sure or change the BIOS time to the correct local time. The exact procedure varies per machine. Most clones you just press the Delete Key at reboot. I don’t know what you need to do for sure.
Thank You,
Are you also running Windows? MS expects the hardware clock to be set at local time.
On 2010-08-16 18:52, olepi wrote:
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> For some reason, every time I shut down and reboot my machine, the
> system time advances four hours. The local time here is EDT (-4hrs
> UTC). I have it set correctly in Yast and have the ‘hardware clock is
> set to UTC’ checked.
>
> However, for some reason, the next time I boot, the system time will be
> ahead four hours. Anything I’m missing???
Known problem.
Setup the clock, then delete the file /etc/adjtime
Don’t worry, it is recrecreated.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))
Thanks for your help Carlos, that did the trick! BTW, I am only running Opensuse 11.3 on this computer, though Ubuntu 9.04 was on it before. I’m pretty sure the hardware clock was set to UTC when I installed Suse, which probably caused this problem.
Thanks again…
Matt
On 2010-08-17 03:36, olepi wrote:
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> Thanks for your help Carlos, that did the trick! BTW, I am only
> running Opensuse 11.3 on this computer, though Ubuntu 9.04 was on it
> before. I’m pretty sure the hardware clock was set to UTC when I
> installed Suse, which probably caused this problem.
No, you can have the hardware clock to whatever you like (preferably to UTC). It is changing the
clock what causes it (if the circumstances match).
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))