TO NO-REPLY TIM WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR. On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 18:20 +1030, Tim wrote: > > Cause and effect: Has CUPS stopped working because UTC is set? Is > the > time set wrong, and has CUPS stopped working because the time is set > wrong? Is CUPS faulty? Has CUPS merely indicated that something else > is wrong? > > Misdiagnosis: CUPS browsing has stopped working. Hmm, I'll blame > CUPS, > and the UTC flag. > > Correct diagnosis: CUPS browsing has stopped working. Changing UTC > flag changes behaviour. Investigate whether I've got the clock set > right. Does setting the time configuration cause CUPS to start > working > properly again? Yes, there's nothing wrong with CUPS, the fault was > external. > > Of course, if you don't understand how to properly set the clocks, > you're going to paint yourself into a corner with the wrong diagnosis. > > I've brought up CUPS again, as the original posting used it as the > thing > that noticed a problem, the original poster continually insisted CUPS > had a problem (when it didn't), right up to the last post they > responded > to me on the list with. > > Now onto discussing time, as time setting is the problem, CUPS was > just > the thing that brought the error to people's attention. > > > Do you mean UTC time zone setting > > I'd never seen a UTC "timezone" setting, nor even heard of anyone > referring to one. Likewise with Greenwich Mean Time. It's not a zone > (GMT or UTC), as such, but a reference point. Only KDE seems to offer > it as a choice, and it's a highly illogical choice. And I'd not > mentioned, in any way, UTC as a timezone setting in prior messages. > > I wish you would stop posting this crap: 1. My clocks were set correctly, and I know how to set the clocks. 2. I never said the problem was a defect with CUPS. I just saw the problem with CUPS browsing. - 3. If you have never seen a UTC setting choice with time zone setting you have not been watching the screens you get when you install a Fedora 16 disk. Run system-config-date and choose the time zone option and you will see it. But most of all go away attacking someone else secure behind your email no-reply screen. -- ======================================================================= You have a message from the operator. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
