[geeks] SUSE (7.1) question...

[Mike Hebel]

Kurt Huhn wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody else have problems with it changing the time during a
> > reboot?  I've got the timezone set correctly and do not have GMT set but
> > it seems to change about 5 hours back if I reboot the box.  I know it's
> 
> I had the same problem with my laptop.  Make sure the hardware clock and
> the software clocks agree to both time and timezone.  If not, the
> software clock will reset itself to the hardware time every reboot.
> Having different timezones also can make it act funny.  Also, there's an
> issue with telling SuSE that the hardware clock is set to local time - I
> don't recall the 'correct' way to make it behave...hold on...looking...
> 
> First, enter the BIOS setup (I'm assuming intel platform) and set your
> hardware correctly, and set your timezone to the local timezone.
> 
> Then boot into SuSE and start Yast2 (or Yast, or edit the config files)
> and make sure your timezone is set correctly, then tell SuSE that the
> hardware clock is set to "local time".
> 
> That should fix it, at least that's how mine is configured...

Thanks!  All changed and we'll see if it holds up under a reboot.

Mike Hebel