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HowTo default timezone to UTC?

The debian testing system setup the timezone is CST before started up gdm, but i wanna default it to be UTC. HowTo?

Re: HowTo default timezone to UTC?

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Originally posted by Mathsniper
The debian testing system setup the timezone is CST before started up gdm, but i wanna default it to be UTC. HowTo?

Run base-config and change the timezone selection.

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Originally posted by HappyTux
Run base-config and change the timezone selection.

What option is that under?

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Originally posted by Xian
What option is that under?

I would go with the second one "Configure Timezone".

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Originally posted by HappyTux
I would go with the second one "Configure Timezone".

Heh. Well, that's why I asked.
I ran base-config as su in a terminal and here are the options:

* Set up users and passwords
* Set the hostname
* Configure apt
* Select and install packages
* Exit the base system configuration
* Execute a shell

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Originally posted by Xian
Heh. Well, that's why I asked.
I ran base-config as su in a terminal and here are the options:

* Set up users and passwords
* Set the hostname
* Configure apt
* Select and install packages
* Exit the base system configuration
* Execute a shell

I was wondering why you would ask a question like that, what install do you have I get:

* Preconfigure language-related parameters
* Configure timezone
* Set up users and passwords
* Set the hostname
* Configure apt
* Select and install packages
* Postconfigure language-related parameters
* Configure the Mail Transfer Agent
* Exit the base system configuration
* Execute a shell

This on an AMD64 system with base-config 2.69 installed.

Code:

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-cache policy base-config

base-config:

  Installed: 2.69

  Candidate: 2.71

  Version Table:

    2.71 0

        500 http://amd64.debian.net unstable/main Packages

 *** 2.69 0

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

    2.53.10-0.0.0.1.pure64 0

        500 http://amd64.debian.net stable/main Packages

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Originally posted by HappyTux
I was wondering why you would ask a question like that, what install do you have....

Code:

# apt-cache policy base-config

base-config:

  Installed: 2.71

  Candidate: 2.71

  Version Table:

 *** 2.71 0

        500 ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov testing/main Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status



# uname -a

Linux linux 2.6.8-1-bs #1 Sun Aug 14 16:00:09 CDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

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Originally posted by Xian

Code:

# apt-cache policy base-config base-config: Installed: 2.71 Candidate: 2.71 Version Table: *** 2.71 0 500 ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status # uname -a Linux linux 2.6.8-1-bs #1 Sun Aug 14 16:00:09 CDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

Seems weird that would differ that much but stranger things have happened. A person can always still use the tzconfig utility to do the same thing.

tzconfig can't setup UTC. It always set CST before started up gdm....

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Originally posted by Mathsniper
tzconfig can't setup UTC. It always set CST before started up gdm....

And you have done what it suggests in the man page and set the UTC=yes in the /etc/default/rcS then made sure to go into your BIOS and actually set the time in there to what would be the correct UTC for you right now that would be IIRC +5 hours from the actual time on your watch.

UTC have been equaled to "yes" in the /etc/default/rcS but It also startup CST mode. What's the matter with?