On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 09:30 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > i386 (i686) > > In F8, on every reboot, the date and/or time settings get really > messed up. I am not allowed to set the 'adjust Date & Time' > settings via the "tool" (upper-right corner) even when I log > in as root - the Calendar/Time dialog is greyed-out, meaning > it is not available so I have to resort to the date command-line > setting to get it right. Even tho, a reboot screws it up all over > again. The screwed up date/time setting is not fixed via the > ntp setting I think because it is so far out of date/time? > > In F9, same as in F8, except that I am allowed to set the date/time > via the GUI interface. > > What gives? > > Dan > Two things: ntp will not correct the time if it is more than 1 hour off Two, when you reboot the system time is reset from the BIOS time. Is your BIOS time stable. Your BIOS battery being weak will cause that to happen, -- ======================================================================= Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
