Hey all,

I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
(Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
you very much for any input!


Regards and thanks,
Jordan T. Cox

if you are dual-booting Windows this is what I did...

make sure /etc/rc.conf has "local" not "UTC" under the clock section

and then recompile the kernel with RTC CLOCK USES GMT
(CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT) unchecked/undefined (in the Advanced Power
Management section) cause Windows likes the localtime

Jordan T. Cox wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
> (Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
> distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
> changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
> because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
> for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
> proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
> appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
> you very much for any input!

If you dual boot Windows/Gentoo, you need
CLOCK="local"
in your /etc/rc.conf

It helped for me anyway ;-)

Jan.

It isn't Gentoo -it's windows. It thinks local time so you need to set the
/etc/rc.conf time variable to local and then set you clock.

Jordan T. Cox wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
> (Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
> distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
> changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
> because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
> for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
> proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
> appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
> you very much for any input!
>
>
> Regards and thanks,
> Jordan T. Cox

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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:19:12 -0500, Brett Holcomb wrote:

> It isn't Gentoo -it's windows. It thinks local time so you need to set the
> /etc/rc.conf time variable to local and then set you clock.
>
> Jordan T. Cox wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
>> (Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
>> distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
>> changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
>> because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
>> for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
>> proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
>> appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
>> you very much for any input!
>>
>>
>> Regards and thanks,
>> Jordan T. Cox


I think it's Gentoo. I only run Gentoo and If I set my clock to UTC my
time and date gets real screwy after rebooting. I notice this about a year
later from installing Gentoo. I was getting these paypal.com pop-up
messages from websites stating their certificate expired. The year was 2017.

--
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Email:lamaistres(at)charter(dot)net
http://webpages.charter.net/lamaistres
Gentoo user from Seattle.

On 2003-12-23, Marques LaMaistres <lamaistres@garter.foo> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:19:12 -0500, Brett Holcomb wrote:
>
>> It isn't Gentoo -it's windows. It thinks local time so you need to set the
>> /etc/rc.conf time variable to local and then set you clock.
>>
>> Jordan T. Cox wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
>>> (Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
>>> distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
>>> changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
>>> because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
>>> for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
>>> proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
>>> appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
>>> you very much for any input!
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards and thanks,
>>> Jordan T. Cox
>
>
> I think it's Gentoo. I only run Gentoo and If I set my clock to UTC my
> time and date gets real screwy after rebooting. I notice this about a year
> later from installing Gentoo. I was getting these paypal.com pop-up
> messages from websites stating their certificate expired. The year was 2017.
>

Your BIOS is storing time as local rather than UTC.

We don't throw any weird screw-up-everyone's-clock patches in.


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"Jordan T. Cox" <none@none.com> writes:

]Hey all,

]I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
](Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
]distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
]changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
]because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
]for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
]proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
]appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
]you very much for any input!

Well, the battery on your cmos could be going, and the cmos clock is
getting scrambled on a reboot.

Otherwise more information will be needed.


]Regards and thanks,
]Jordan T. Cox

Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org> writes:

]On 2003-12-23, Marques LaMaistres <lamaistres@garter.foo> wrote:
]> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:19:12 -0500, Brett Holcomb wrote:
]>
]>> It isn't Gentoo -it's windows. It thinks local time so you need to set the
]>> /etc/rc.conf time variable to local and then set you clock.
]>>
]>> Jordan T. Cox wrote:
]>>
]>>> Hey all,
]>>>
]>>> I'm at my wit's end. I c an't figure out why everytime I boot Gentoo
]>>> (Linux, I'm not necessarily saying it's somehting in the Gentoo
]>>> distribution!) my clock gets changed! It's always weird-ass random
]>>> changes too. Once I rebooted into Windows, and everything got confused
]>>> because it was 12:30 AM on Janurary 16th of 2037! Hmm. I've checked
]>>> for errant NTP servers, nada... I've checked to ensure that I set the
]>>> proper timezone (why this should matter? It's beyond me)... but it
]>>> appears as though I did. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Thank
]>>> you very much for any input!
]>>>
]>>>
]>>> Regards and thanks,
]>>> Jordan T. Cox
]>
]>
]> I think it's Gentoo. I only run Gentoo and If I set my clock to UTC my
]> time and date gets real screwy after rebooting. I notice this about a year
]> later from installing Gentoo. I was getting these paypal.com pop-up
]> messages from websites stating their certificate expired. The year was 2017.
]>

]Your BIOS is storing time as local rather than UTC.

]We don't throw any weird screw-up-everyone's-clock patches in.

Except he is claiming that the clock is being reset somewhere to give
wildly screwy dates. That is NOT a local-time/GMT problem (unless he
lives somewhere and sometime none of us has ever seen )
Now, it could be that somehow his gentoo box has screwy entries in
/etc/adjtime and those are being used to progressively destroy his time
on each reboot.

The same on my laptop all the time. And of course i'm _not_ dual
booting. This problem is very common on my friends laptops also...

Jan

>> I think it's Gentoo. I only run Gentoo and If I set my clock to UTC my
>> time and date gets real screwy after rebooting. I notice this about a year
>> later from installing Gentoo. I was getting these paypal.com pop-up
>> messages from websites stating their certificate expired. The year was 2017.
>>
>
> Your BIOS is storing time as local rather than UTC.

No, my bios time is UTC. I don't know what causes this. I've had it set to
local for about a month now and the time hasn't jumped ahead as before.

> We don't throw any weird screw-up-everyone's-clock patches in.

I never claimed you did.

--
Marquez LaMaistres
Email:lamaistres(at)charter(dot)net
http://webpages.charter.net/lamaistres
Gentoo user from Seattle.