[ltp] Losing time on a Thinkpad 770.

[Burkhard Woelfel]

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On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:54, Burkhard Woelfel wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 February 2004 15:21, Robert Svoboda wrote:
> > * Luis Lebron <lr.lebron@comcast.net> [2004-02-10 19:44]:
> > > I have a Thinkpad 770 running RedHat 9.0. If I set the clock and the
> > > machine "hibernates" it loses 6 hours. I have set the timezone to CST.
> > >
> > > How can I fix this?
> >
> > You can run
> >
> > ntpdate time.server.com
> >
> > if you have ntpd package installed.
> >
> > Or you have to synchronize your linux system time with
> > hardware clock (if this one is right) in your computer,
> > this is done by this:
> >
> > hwclock --hctosys
> > (I guess, see man page)
>
> The option should read
>
> --systohc

Please ignore this. Robert was perfectly right, I am wrong. I always do=20
"ntpdate 192.53.103.103 && hwclock --systohc" to syncronize system time _an=
d_=20
the hardware clock...

I have to read your postings more thoroughly, sorry about the glitch.

Regards,
=2D - Burkhard


>
> > It's probably good idea to run this everytime you go from
> > suspend/hibernation automatically, if you have apm, this can
> > by done through apm events - I didn't set this yet.
> >
> > Robo
> >
> > --
> > Robert Svoboda
> > svobodar@fusemail.com
>
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