Re: [9fans] timesync -r not working?

[Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>]

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:05:37 -0300
"Federico G. Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com> wrote:

> yeah, I must read the whole thread before posting ;P

Hey, not reading the whole thread is my trick.

> 
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis<eekee57@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:36:55 -0300
> > "Federico G. Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> timezones?
> >
> > I've never heard of a timezone that could make a 9 year difference. Maybe on Pluto. ;)
> >
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Ethan Grammatikidis<eekee57@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:39:12 -0700
> >> > John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM, erik quanstrom<quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> >> >> >> > > The script runs at boot, the echo tells me that much, but the time is not set, perhaps as if timesync -r is not working. To be specific the date a few minutes after booting is Sun Jan  2 18:30:36 GMT 2000.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > i believe timesync is setting the system clock from /dev/rtc, not the other way
> >> >> >> > around.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Yeah, that's what I expect timesync to do, but it's doing something strange instead.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > i wouldn't classify doing what the man page says it does
> >> >> > as something "really strange".  if you want the converse,
> >> >> > then just execute "date -n >/dev/rtc".
> >> >> >
> >> >> > - erik
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm pretty sure he's *trying* to get the time from /dev/rtc, not
> >> >> trying to set it.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > You'd be right.
> >> >
> >> > I've found I don't seem to need timesync, the system time & /dev/rtc alike seem to stay in sync with the host without it, but I'm still curious why timesync -r should mess up the system time so badly.
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps /dev/rtc and the system time are linked on some architectures, so that setting one sets the other and so timesync -r gets in a mess. Just a guess.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Ethan Grammatikidis
> >> > The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Federico G. Benavento
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ethan Grammatikidis
> > The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer
> >
> >
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> -- 
> Federico G. Benavento
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Ethan Grammatikidis
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer