From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090627190235.781c2441.eekee57@fastmail.fm> References: <20090626232256.0110babe.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <7d3530220906261739g2ea172dv90602338965a8291@mail.gmail.com> <20090627084653.70b02cfb.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <32d987d50906270136v77203bb7o9cb0244aeef09b7e@mail.gmail.com> <20090627190235.781c2441.eekee57@fastmail.fm> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:05:37 -0300 Message-ID: <32d987d50906271705rf2ce647ub031d9b22c2b74e5@mail.gmail.com> From: "Federico G. Benavento" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] timesync -r not working? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1039835a-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 yeah, I must read the whole thread before posting ;P On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis w= rote: > 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. Maybe= 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 the = time is not set, perhaps as if timesync -r is not working. To be specific t= he date a few minutes after booting is Sun Jan =C2=A02 18:30:36 GMT 2000. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > i believe timesync is setting the system clock from /dev/rtc, no= t the other way >> >> >> > around. >> >> >> >> >> >> Yeah, that's what I expect timesync to do, but it's doing somethin= g strange instead. >> >> > >> >> > i wouldn't classify doing what the man page says it does >> >> > as something "really strange". =C2=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 a= like seem to stay in sync with the host without it, but I'm still curious w= hy 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 > > --=20 Federico G. Benavento