normally you run hwclock -u -w (if your hardware clock keeps utc) or hwclock -w if the hardware clock stores local time (dual boot to wi ndows etc) On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:57:23PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > This is crazy, but it seems my HW clock refuses to be set. I > normally do not ever set it, since my shutdown procedure does > that for me, saving the system time to the hardware clock, and > for a few days that step has been hanging so my shutdown > procedure never runs to completion!!! > > What can be happening? What are the commands I can run as root to > set the HW clock from a running system? > > Thanks -- Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (75% of Full) > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au