From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:43:38 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-Id: <20090628124338.36bb6805.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <32d987d50906271705rf2ce647ub031d9b22c2b74e5@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090626232256.0110babe.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <7d3530220906261739g2ea172dv90602338965a8291@mail.gmail.com> <20090627084653.70b02cfb.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <32d987d50906270136v77203bb7o9cb0244aeef09b7e@mail.gmail.com> <20090627190235.781c2441.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <32d987d50906271705rf2ce647ub031d9b22c2b74e5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] timesync -r not working? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 105bdb94-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:05:37 -0300 "Federico G. Benavento" wrote: > yeah, I must read the whole thread before posting ;P Hey, not reading the whole thread is my trick. >=20 > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis= wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:36:55 -0300 > > "Federico G. Benavento" wrote: > > > >> timezones? > > > > I've never heard of a timezone that could make a 9 year difference. May= be on Pluto. ;) > > > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: > >> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:39:12 -0700 > >> > John Floren wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > >> >> >> > > The script runs at boot, the echo tells me that much, but th= e 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 =A02 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 someth= ing strange instead. > >> >> > > >> >> > i wouldn't classify doing what the man page says it does > >> >> > as something "really strange". =A0if 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 architecture= s, so that setting one sets the other and so timesync -r gets in a mess. Ju= st 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 > > > > >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Federico G. Benavento >=20 --=20 Ethan Grammatikidis The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer