From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from executioner.lis.net.au ([203.35.83.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18203U-0001Lh-00 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:06:32 -0400 Received: from uucp by executioner.lis.net.au with local-rmail (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18203O-0008En-00 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:06:26 +1000 Received: from kerry by gotss1.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 181zm0-0001iB-00 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:48:28 +0800 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:48:28 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: more on hardware clock Message-ID: <20021017094828.A6558@joana.gotss.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from hallenbeck@valstar.net on Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:34:38AM -0400 From: Kerry Hoath 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: 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@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au