Too many clocks...
Posts: 613
What subject does 'time' fall under?
Mepis 3.3.2Test03
The situation: I am unable to display my local time (EDT) on my desktop and keep the setting after reboot.
The hardware clock is set correctly and for UTC. (hwclock)
The system clock is set correctly and for UTC (date).
cat etc/timezone</p> <p>America/New_York
'rcS' file is:
UTC=yes
What am I missing (besides the answer)?
q
Time
Posts: 1504
Right click on the clock, select show time zone, configure time zone. If thats not what your looking all the settings are there u can change everything.
ntpdate?
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qtech, are you running ntpdate at some point to synchronize time?
Also, how are you trying to set your time (through what methods)?
Usually when I have a fresh install, when I go to set the time through KDE, I go through a two-step process. First I change time zone and apply it then, if necessary, go back in and adjust the time. If I try to do both steps at the same time then either the time zone or the time does not "take".
Quite honestly, I'd like to change my system clock so it's set to UTC with the local time showing on my KDE desktop set to Pacific time, so the opposite of your problem 
Jon
Timezone Problem Fix
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I found this fix here. I had the same problem with my timezone or clocks...or whatever.
Fire up a terminal and enter...
su
Enter root password
cd /etc
ls -Al localtime
If you get a "No such file or directory" error, then you're in the same situation that I was in.
ln -svf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York localtime
This is the setting for EDT.
/etc/init.d/hwclockfirst.sh stop
/etc/init.d/hwclockfirst.sh start
Your KDE clock should automatically reset itself to reflect the new system timezone (or mine did anyway).
date
This should also give you the new system time, hopefully in your new timezone.
I hope this helps.
too many clocks?
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If nothing works set a Salvador Dali wallpaper and call Mepis "art project: meaning of time"
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right click on the clock, choose
type -> fuzzy
Thanks for the clock fix as
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Thanks for the clock fix as listed by you and credited to the original post.
- Steve
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." Albert Einstein
TIme zone problem fix not
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When I execute this command etc/init.d/hwclockfirst.sh stop
I get this message
-su: etc/init.d/hwclockfirst.sh: No such file or directory
This command went fine
root@4[~]# ln -svf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York localtime
create symbolic link `localtime' to `/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York'
Any other suggestions?
ratliff
Clocks
Posts: 40
Why don't you set all three to EDT and be done with it?