timestamps

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: timestamps
started by: bjh

Posted by bjh on April 04 2006,22:57

Hi all-
just installed DSL onto an older laptop...I started the dsl-hdinstall script and went to go get something to munch on, and when I got back, I noticed a bunch of messages during the copying process that stated that "timestamp xxxxx is in the future" (I cant remember what the xxxxx's were, there was a whole helluva lot of them though)

...DSL is running fine it seems, though I can't change the date/time in the workspace panel at the bottom of the screen...

Anyone have any ideas? Maybe do I need to wipe the drive again, change the time in the BIOS and then do a fresh install? Thanks!

Posted by bjh on April 04 2006,23:35

hmmm...can't seem to access the BIOS with any of the standard keystrokes, but it's got to be there right?

Posted by mikshaw on April 05 2006,01:17

You can change the system time (software clock) with the date command, and then apply that date to the hardware clock with the command "hwclock --systohc".
Both of these commands should be run as root.
< http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/date.1.html >

for example...

Code Sample

sudo su
date 04051200
hwclock --systohc
exit

Ths would set the system time to April 05, 12:00 noon, and then apply that to the hardware clock

Posted by bjh on April 05 2006,01:39

thanks! that did the trick! you rock!