Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751296AbVKQPhn (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:37:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751116AbVKQPhJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:37:09 -0500 Received: from elektroni.phys.tut.fi ([130.230.131.11]:35815 "HELO elektroni.phys.tut.fi") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751340AbVKQPhA (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:37:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:36:53 +0200 From: Petri Kaukasoina To: Eyal Lebedinsky Cc: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" , list linux-kernel Subject: Re: hware clock left bad after a system failure Message-ID: <20051117153653.GA15707@elektroni.phys.tut.fi> Mail-Followup-To: Eyal Lebedinsky , "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" , list linux-kernel References: <437B3C62.2090803@eyal.emu.id.au> <437BAA0E.2020602@eyal.emu.id.au> <437C8D67.2030806@eyal.emu.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <437C8D67.2030806@eyal.emu.id.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 15 On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:02:15AM +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > On a hunch I did 'date' and the clock was 11h ahead (we actually > are +11 now). So the problem is during the boot, not during the > crash. I consider that the boot thinks that I am running a UTC > hwclock and adjusts for this, when in fact I run a local time > hwclock. A wild guess follows. If /usr is on a separate partition from root, /etc/localtime should be a file copied from /usr/share/zoneinfo/something and not just a symlink... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/