From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 10 18: 4:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B98337B401 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:03:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14GX5p-000OeZ-00; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 02:03:57 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0B23uY48074; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 02:03:56 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 02:03:56 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: Greg Lehey Cc: Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing CMOS time on a laptop Message-ID: <20010111020356.A48049@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010110193943.B38307@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010111004014.F970@buffy.raggedclown.net> <20010111105720.Q44170@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010111105720.Q44170@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:57:20AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG | implementation of date(1) *does* set the CMOS clock correctly, so | there's no hwclock. | | This doesn't help Jonathon, of course. Without knowing more about his | laptop, it's difficult to answer that question. Most laptops set time | with no problems. Well, I tried it the other day, and while the date was fine for the entire session, on reboot it went back. I'll try it again. jcm -- o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathon McKitrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself." | o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message