Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:35:53 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sxt2.space.lockheed.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/localtime and screensaver? Message-ID: <199603272335.QAA00465@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960327143249.9658A-100000@sxt2.space.lockheed.com> References: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960327143249.9658A-100000@sxt2.space.lockheed.com>
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> I copied the appropriate timezone from /usr/share/zoneinfo to > /etc/localtime. > > The screen went blank. (I was in X.) I sat here, dumbfounded, waiting for > the system to reboot, but...nothing happend. Out of habit, I grabbed the > mouse and the screen came back! I had just turned on the screensaver > somehow. This is actually expected behavior. The same things happens to me when I run ntptime on my laptop after being away for awhile. Basically, the time has changed enough so that sometimes cron jobs start up because the system time is really hosed up. Nate
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