Thanks for the advice. PS: I don't have the _other_ OS anymore thanks to RedHat :)
Le mar 24/12/2002 à 17:46, Matthew Saltzman a écrit : > On 24 Dec 2002, Julien Olivier wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I have a weird problem with Red Hat 8 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D > > laptop. > > > > I live in France so I sat up the clock to use Paris timezone. At first, > > it worked well but after a few days, I restarted my computer and saw > > that the time was 1 hour under the correct one. So I tried to set it > > back by right clicking on the clock applet in GNOME and choosing adjust > > time and date. I changed the time and closed the config tool. > > > > After a few seconds, the time was corrected but I couldn't drag windows > > anymore ! I could click on anything but couldn't _move_ anything... I > > have an ATI Radeon Mobility on this laptop (without DRI). I restarted > > XFree and I could move windows again. > > Setting the clock back wreaks some havoc with XFree86. There is a fix in > the works which you can test by installing the appropriate XFree86 RPMs > from people.redhat.com/mharris/testing. See Bugzilla #63509. > > > After a reboot, I noticed the clock was badly configured again. I > > restarted the laptop and went to BIOS where I re-configured the time > > correctly. This time, the clok was correct in RedHat. But after about 2 > > weeks, the problem happened again (1-hour-early time and XFree bug after > > re-configuring time). I've been running RedHat 8 for months now and I > > always have to re-configure my clock in the BIOS from time to time. > > > > I read somthing on google about someone having a problem with RTC on his > > laptop when his laptop gets idled... I don't know if my problem is > > related to it though. > > Before you decid if it's a bug, check to make sure that your time zone is > set correctly, and that the UTC setting in /etc/sysconfig/clock matches > the way you actually have your hardware clock set. Note that if you don't > run certain *other* OS's with brain-damaged clock managers, the best bet > is to set your hwclock to UTC. That way changes between daylight and > standard time can't bite you. > > Also, check /etc/sysconfig/ampd and play with the CLOCK_SYNC setting. > > > NB: I have used Windows on this laptop too and the clock worked great > > before I installed RedHat. > > Ah, yes, one of those *other* OS's. > > > > > Thanks by advance. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
