From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.inoc.net ([64.246.131.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 182Kfj-0008M3-00 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:07:23 -0400 Received: from champion.valstar.net (cust35.as0-gtown.valstar.net [64.246.149.37]) by mx1.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.3.232) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:07:20 -0400 Received: from champion.valstar.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by champion.valstar.net (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g9I07Nkg013494 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:07:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by champion.valstar.net (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id g9I07MM0013491 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:07:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:07:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: more on hardware clock In-Reply-To: <20021017234537.GA15519@romuald.net.eu.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Hi Greg, On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > Hmm, and it hung your system when running clock, right? Yes. Of course you normally don't run hwclock very often, but the Slackware shutdown procedure attempts to write the system time to the hardware clock, and so your shutdown is stopped in its tracks. -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck