Ok; we have managed to determine that clock under Linux fails; can you set the clock from a dos boot disk and does it stay set? I have never seen hwclock fail in all the 9 years I have been running Linux. It was just called clock back then. On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:34:38AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > When I do "strace hwclock --systohc" I get a continuous output of > trace messages that have to be interrupted eventually with > control-C. I have no idea what they mean, except the fact that > they continuous means that the clock utility is not hanging, it > is looping. > > I give up!! Back to the abacus! > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (81% 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