Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-22 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My clock is supposedly set to UTC. When I originally installed, it >wasn't, and there was no documentation for changing it, but I figured >that I needed to add a -u to the appropriate init script. Here then >is /etc/init.d/h

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-22 Thread John Goerzen
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : It didn't work here. I use xntp3 to sync my clock, and it would > : always get set to Eastern time until I changed to CST6CDT. After > : making that change, it now gives results like yours. > > Ok, fair enough. I'm assuming you have the same prog

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-22 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is very strange, as US/Central and CST6CDT are both links to > Americal/Chicago in the 2.0.7 version that I am building for release > today. > > The 2.0.7pre3 (which I have currently installed) seems to have these > as separate files. > > Which ver

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > Where did you get a pre4? I don't think I released one... Oops, I meant pre1-4. Sorry about that. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > This is very strange, as US/Central and CST6CDT are both links to > > Americal/Chicago in the 2.0.7 version that I am building for release > > today. > > > > The 2.0.7pre3 (which I have currently installed)

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > This is very strange, as US/Central and CST6CDT are both links to > Americal/Chicago in the 2.0.7 version that I am building for release > today. > > The 2.0.7pre3 (which I have currently installed) seems to have these > as separate files. Likewise 2.0.

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 09:57:22PM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: > > I found the entire kernel/hw clock issue quite confusing. (eg , > when to use the uct flag ) The man pages help a little. A clock howto > would be quite helpful. Add useful info to /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Clock.gz and sent it

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On 19 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: > > : Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : > : > What exactly makes you say that the central timezone doesn't deal with > : > DST? If you mean "US/Central" I will have to disagree with you. :) It > : >

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 19 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: : Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > What exactly makes you say that the central timezone doesn't deal with : > DST? If you mean "US/Central" I will have to disagree with you. :) It : > works fine here. : : It didn't work here. I use xntp3 to

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread John Goerzen
OK then, just to recap -- US/Central was off by an hour (giving me Eastern instead of Central time when syncing with xntp3). Here is my etc/init.d/hwclock.sh: GMT=-u # # Set and adjust the CMOS clock. # if [ ! -f /etc/adjtime ] then echo "0.0 0 0.0" > /etc/adjtime fi if [ -x /sbin/h

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-20 Thread John Goerzen
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What exactly makes you say that the central timezone doesn't deal with > DST? If you mean "US/Central" I will have to disagree with you. :) It > works fine here. It didn't work here. I use xntp3 to sync my clock, and it would always get set to Easte

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-17 Thread G John Lapeyre
I found the entire kernel/hw clock issue quite confusing. (eg , when to use the uct flag ) The man pages help a little. A clock howto would be quite helpful. John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-17 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
> "DS" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DS> We are working on a report of failure in US/central WRT Daylight DS> Savings Time, right? DS> There is one variable we haven't nailed down yet. The hardware DS> clock can be set either to local time or GMT (UTC). As I DS> rememb

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-17 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 16 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: > Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:54:42AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > > I'd say something like: "If your time changes for daylight savings > > > time, use these options. Otherwise, use these." > > > > > > Somet

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-17 Thread David Engel
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 02:00:41PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Sorry to have stayed out of this but I have been busy... > > Bottom line...tzconfig is broken. > > If you look at the list provided under US there is an entry of > Indiana-Eastern, and Arizona... as well. These should be linked to th

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-17 Thread John Goerzen
Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:54:42AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > I'd say something like: "If your time changes for daylight savings > > time, use these options. Otherwise, use these." > > > > Something needs to be done on the bootdisks, too. > > OK

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: : On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: : > : > : Sorry to have stayed out of this but I have been busy... : > : : > : Bottom line...tzconfig is broken. : > : > That may be :) : > : > : If you look a

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > : Sorry to have stayed out of this but I have been busy... > : > : Bottom line...tzconfig is broken. > > That may be :) > > : If you look at the list provided under US there is an entry of > : Indiana-Ea

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: : Sorry to have stayed out of this but I have been busy... : : Bottom line...tzconfig is broken. That may be :) : If you look at the list provided under US there is an entry of : Indiana-Eastern, and Arizona... as well. These should be linked to their :

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, Dale! Sorry to jump in (I have almost no expertise in tzconfig), but I have US/Central in timezone and date, xntp work fine for me. May be it's not broken? How should one check? Sasha. > Sorry to have stayed out of this but I have been busy... > > Bottom line...tzconfig is broken. > > T

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
Sorry to have stayed out of this but I have been busy... Bottom line...tzconfig is broken. If you look at the list provided under US there is an entry of Indiana-Eastern, and Arizona... as well. These should be linked to their non-DST configuration. The ones that say eastern, and central, and mou

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:26:41AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I'm sorry to disapoint you, but US/Central is a perfectly valid timezone. > It is only intended for those parts of the central US where Daylight > Savings Time is not practiced. You will notice that there are equivalet > settings for t

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > : On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > : > : > I'm sorry to disapoint you, but US/Central is a perfectly valid timezone. > : > It is only intended for those parts of the central US where Daylight

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Joel Klecker
At 05:54 -0700 1998-06-16, John Goerzen wrote: >Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > The boot disks should not offer confusing options. They should offer >> > the working one (CST6CDT for me) and no non-working ones. The same >> > goes for tzconfig. Otherwise, anybody using xntp or so

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: : On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: : : > On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: : > : > > Investigating the matter revealed that /etc/timezone said : > > US/Central. running /usr/sbin/tzconfig and setting it to : > > SystemV/CST6CDT fixed t

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: : On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: : : > : > Hi, : > : > I noticed with surprise tonight that my clock was an hour off. : > : > Investigating the matter revealed that /etc/timezone said : > US/Central. running /usr/sbin/tzconfig and setting it

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: > > > Investigating the matter revealed that /etc/timezone said > > US/Central. running /usr/sbin/tzconfig and setting it to > > SystemV/CST6CDT fixed the problem. > I'm sorry to disapoint you, but US/Central is

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Enrique Zanardi
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:54:42AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > I'd say something like: "If your time changes for daylight savings > time, use these options. Otherwise, use these." > > Something needs to be done on the bootdisks, too. OK. So, which are the options for DST and which are the other

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The boot disks should not offer confusing options. They should offer > > the working one (CST6CDT for me) and no non-working ones. The same > > goes for tzconfig. Otherwise, anybody using xntp or something similar > > will always get incorrect times.

Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: > > Hi, > > I noticed with surprise tonight that my clock was an hour off. > > Investigating the matter revealed that /etc/timezone said > US/Central. running /usr/sbin/tzconfig and setting it to > SystemV/CST6CDT fixed the problem. > > However, the in

FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem

1998-06-16 Thread John Goerzen
Hi, I noticed with surprise tonight that my clock was an hour off. Investigating the matter revealed that /etc/timezone said US/Central. running /usr/sbin/tzconfig and setting it to SystemV/CST6CDT fixed the problem. However, the install program, and tzconfig, both have a problem. They do not