From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lrxms.net ([66.92.147.165] helo=lrxms.lrxms.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17j6fP-0002we-00 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:19:35 -0400 Received: from apollo.lrxms.net (mail@apollo.lrxms.net [192.168.1.10]) by lrxms.lrxms.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g7PNGNp15991 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:16:23 -0400 Received: from showell by apollo.lrxms.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17j6Vj-0005lK-00 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:09:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:09:35 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: uct VS. local time in slackware Message-ID: <20020825230935.GA21825@lrxms.net> References: <20020825075216.GA2450@romuald.net.eu.org> <20020825150723.GA17687@lrxms.net> <017801c24c4c$e4b55630$6401a8c0@6S4X011> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <017801c24c4c$e4b55630$6401a8c0@6S4X011> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Scott Howell Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Ah, thanks that would certainly do and as would rdate perform a similar function. I think what I was wondering is if you were wanting to setup your machine in UTC time, I was speculating on whether or not it would be necessary to set the bios clock to UTC as the kernel would get its initial time from here. True you could use rdate or a similiar program to accomplish the same goal...hmmm On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 11:34:22AM -0400, Erik Heil wrote: > Hi, Scott. > You can either set the clock in the BIOS manually, or sync the time > automatically at boot-time via xnptd. This can either be done from a script > in /etc/init.d or you can even run it at regular intervals as a kron job. > Hope this helps. >