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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:51 AM

Running gentoo 2004.3 with no gui and every time I do a uname -a it says
the local time zone is not set, and to use a prog called zic to set it.

I read the man zic page but have no idea how to setup the files or use
the program. During the setup of this install, I copied the timezone
files correctly and made the symbolic links.

How do I use zic to set this time zone?

TIA
ShadowEyez

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, David uttered the immortal words:

> Running gentoo 2004.3 with no gui and every time I do a uname -a it says
> the local time zone is not set, and to use a prog called zic to set it.

Have a look at chapter 7 in the handbook again:
<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7>

Have you done this?

--
Andy.

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

Already made the symbolic link, and that did not work.
When typing the command "date", the system displays the correct time,
along with the correct time zone, but it's only when I type "uname -a"
that I get the message:
Fri Sep 10 20:46:29 Local time zone must be set--see zic menu i586
AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

The "date" command gives:
Mon Dec 27 17:10:07 PST 2004

Which is correct.

This may be a uname problem. What's up?

TIA ShadowEyez

Andy Fraser wrote:
> In alt.os.linux.gentoo, David uttered the immortal words:
>
>
>>Running gentoo 2004.3 with no gui and every time I do a uname -a it says
>>the local time zone is not set, and to use a prog called zic to set it.
>
>
> Have a look at chapter 7 in the handbook again:
> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7>
>
> Have you done this?
>

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, David uttered these immortal words:

> Already made the symbolic link, and that did not work.
> When typing the command "date", the system displays the correct time,
> along with the correct time zone,

Ok.

> but it's only when I type "uname -a"
> that I get the message:
> Fri Sep 10 20:46:29 Local time zone must be set--see zic menu i586
> AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

I'm really reaching here because I've never seen this before. That date and
time is the date and time that the kernel was built. Did you have the
correct timezone set when you compiled that kernel?

I can't think of anything else.

PS Please don't top post.

--
Andy.

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

Andy Fraser wrote:
>>Fri Sep 10 20:46:29 Local time zone must be set--see zic menu i586
>>AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
>
> I'm really reaching here because I've never seen this before. That date and
> time is the date and time that the kernel was built. Did you have the
> correct timezone set when you compiled that kernel?

If you recompile the kernel you shouldn't see that timezone message
anymore, Andy's right; its happened to me more then once

#6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

"Andy Fraser" <andyfraser31@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:m4q6a2-4g9.ln1@news.linuxuser.org.uk...
> In alt.os.linux.gentoo, David uttered these immortal words:
>
>> Already made the symbolic link, and that did not work.
>> When typing the command "date", the system displays the correct time,
>> along with the correct time zone,
>
> Ok.
>
>> but it's only when I type "uname -a"
>> that I get the message:
>> Fri Sep 10 20:46:29 Local time zone must be set--see zic menu i586
>> AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
> I'm really reaching here because I've never seen this before. That date
> and
> time is the date and time that the kernel was built. Did you have the
> correct timezone set when you compiled that kernel?
>
The time zone was set correctly before the kernel was compiled, although in
order to get rid of this message from uname, should the kernel be recompiled
making a new link to the zone file (seems like a lot of trouble to go
through to fix one error message).

BTW, I use the devel-source 2.6.7 kernel on this machine, though I will
prolly upgrade to 2.6.10 when it is stable

> I can't think of anything else.
>
> PS Please don't top post.
Sorry. Didn't mean to.

>
> --
> Andy.

#7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:52 AM

In alt.os.linux.gentoo, David uttered these immortal words:

> The time zone was set correctly before the kernel was compiled, although
> in order to get rid of this message from uname, should the kernel be
> recompiled making a new link to the zone file

Malcolm said he's had this problem and recommends a recompile so it's worth
a try. I would definitely second that course of action.

> (seems like a lot of trouble
> to go through to fix one error message).

I don't see this as an error mesage as such. From what I can tell it's not
affecting anything and how often do you type "uname -a". I don't know how
you configured your kernel but I spent some time choosing just what I
needed for mine (gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.9 currently). It only takes 10 mins
to compile so it was worth the effort.

> BTW, I use the devel-source 2.6.7 kernel on this machine, though I will
> prolly upgrade to 2.6.10 when it is stable

Going on past experience then 2.6.10 should go stable in the next few days
so it might be worth waiting. Of course that assumes there won't be any
problems and it /is/ the holiday season so it's hard to say when it'll go
stable.

>> I can't think of anything else.

Neither can I.

--
Andy.

#8 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:53 AM

I ran into the exact same problem recently with ntpd. It was spitting
the same message about zic in the logs. I just deleted the
/etc/localtime symbolic link and then redid the link. I emerged ntp
again and it worked fine. I had read other links regarding the uname
issue and the others resolved it by recompiling the kernel. I agree
about waiting until 2.6.10 if you are not comfortable recompiling the
kernel.

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