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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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