Hey Chuck, Just try hwclock -w Jim Wantz WB0TFK On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Thanks, Adam. > > That says the battery is okay. I have been installing new stuff > like made here, but no kernel changes or anything I can think of > that might affect writing to the clock. > The shutdown failure leaves the keyboard inoperative except for > the speakup review keys. Init has been asked to switch to > runlevel 0, processes are sent the term signal and then the kill > signal, the message about writing time to the hardware clock > appears, then nothing. And ctrl-alt-del is ineffective too at > that point. My sound card remains alive, my internet connection > remain active, and in fact incoming mail continues to arrive (I > have some sound files announcing that fact). > > Very strange. > > Chuck > > > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Adam Myrow wrote: > > > If your clock quit setting and you've changed nothing, it's possible the > > battery may be failing. Assuming you have RTC support in the kernel (most > > stock kernels do and it's generally a good idea,) type "cat > > /proc/drivers/rtc." It will give the time that is in the RTC and will > > show the battery status plus a lot of other info. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >