Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:56:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing CMOS time on a laptop Message-ID: <20010111175635.D44170@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20010111020356.A48049@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 02:03:56AM %2B0000 References: <20010110193943.B38307@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010111004014.F970@buffy.raggedclown.net> <20010111105720.Q44170@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010111020356.A48049@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Thursday, 11 January 2001 at 2:03:56 +0000, j mckitrick wrote: >> 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. Right, I think your assessment is correct. We just don't know why, but it's not a typical problem. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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