-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 04:09:24PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 16:03 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 08:40:53PM +0100, andy wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > On my partner's Etch machine, the time zone seems to default to one that > > > is not appropriate. I am wanting the time zone for England, but whenever > > > my partner logs in, the system time shows Guernsey which is one hour > > > ahead of UK BST. I've checked the BIOS clock and that is accurate. I've > > > tried adjusting it through the KDE Control Centre, but again, this works > > > only for that session, and even after that, the setting still shows > > > Guernsey rather than London. Whenever she logs in again, it is one hour > > > ahead of actual time. > > > > > > I suspect that I might have to fix this at a more system-wide level than > > > that offered by KDE, but don't know where to start. Can someone be kind > > > enough to give me a couple of pointers please. > > > > man date > > > > The date command should work fine. > > Yes, it should, but it won't correct the systemic problem every time she > boots and logs in. >
Well she used KDE to do it and not the terminal. In my experience the terminal works perfectly, although I've never done it in a GUI before. But trying another alternative can't hurt, can it? - -- <o) Debian GNU/Linux - Free as in Freedom /\\ System76 - Panolin Value Notebook _\_V Linux Kernel version 2.6.18-4-686 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGGDAT/o7Q/FCvPe0RAg5wAKCE2m9lV1jzYKpCVCndEcXYvjJ0owCgmsts 5gj2uigP8xFNyFjtgnpf/i8= =x22+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
