Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 09:59:12 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca> To: wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: More re time setting Message-ID: <9412211759.AA21119@malibu.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <9412211722.AA12029@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from "Garrett Wollman" at Dec 21, 94 12:22:04 pm
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> > Thanks for the suggestion, but there's no change. The cmos clock UTC > > time is being shown as PST on the machine. The -8 hr offset, as > > indicated by the localtime file, is not being applied. > > > I'm running 1.1, by the way. > > Ah, that explains it. 1.1 kernels were incorrectly built with a > timezone offset compiled in. Change your kernel configuration > timezone line to `timezone 0', recompile, reboot, and all should be > well (I think). And, of course, make sure that there's no > /etc/wall_cmos_clock file (did we have that back then?). Well thanks, it sure was confusing! I will try this as soon as I get enough free disk space to recompile the kernel! Thanks again for the fast response! Kevin -- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi@sfu.ca
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