From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 11 6:40:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hitchcock.woahnelly.net (p69-157.acedsl.com [66.114.69.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E610E37B41B for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 06:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (wes@localhost) by hitchcock.woahnelly.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3BDdvp01292; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:39:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wes@woahnelly.net) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:39:57 -0400 (EDT) From: wes chow To: Oledog Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NTPDATE setting clock back 1hr !!!!! In-Reply-To: <1018527739.13159.14.camel@frog.diversetech.net> Message-ID: <20020411092233.U1122-100000@hitchcock.woahnelly.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Maybe you're in a parallel universe? from tzsetup manpage: BUGS Programs which are already running when tzsetup creates or updates /etc/localtime will not reflect the updated timezone. When the system is first configured for a non-UTC hardware clock, it is necessary to run adjkerntz(8) (which normally happens as a part of system startup) in order to update the kernel's idea of the correct timezone offset. Maybe you just need a friendly reboot or kill -HUP? Wes On 11 Apr 2002, Oledog wrote: > Thanks, > > But I set it to EDT and it still goes back 1hr. :o( > > Is there anything else to check > > > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 01:29, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > On 10 Apr 2002, Oledog wrote: > > > > > I am having a problem syncing my system to the time servers. The system > > > time is set correctly in the BIOS prior to the boot up. I can query the > > > server (-q) and receive a valid result, but when I try to sync it sets > > > me back exactly one hour and also changes my time in the BIOS. > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening? > > > > > > Thanks in advance: > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > hog# ntpdate -v > > > 10 Apr 22:34:04 ntpdate[284]: ntpdate 4.1.0-a Sat Apr 6 21:04:38 EST > > > 2002 (1) > > > 10 Apr 22:34:04 ntpdate[284]: no servers can be used, exiting > > > > > > hog# ntpdate -q timex.peachnet.edu > > > server 131.144.4.9, stratum 2, offset -3600.326249, delay 0.04115 > > > 10 Apr 22:34:13 ntpdate[285]: step time server 131.144.4.9 offset > > > -3600.326249 sec > > > > > > hog# ntpdate timex.peachnet.edu > > > 10 Apr 21:34:22 ntpdate[286]: step time server 131.144.4.9 offset > > > -3600.327301 sec > > > > > > hog# date > > > Wed Apr 10 21:34:42 EST 2002 > > > > We're on daylight time now, so the proper zone is EDT. Use > > tzsetup (as root) to reset your time zone. Usually FreeBSD does > > this for you automatically. > > > > Annelise > > > > > > -- > > Annelise Anderson > > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC > > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > > Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message