wrong time on laptop

zpimp · 11-01-2016, 12:27 PM

i use antix linux 15 on lots of systems
but on my 2016 laptop, the time is wrong

i keep the battery out of the laptop
if this has anything to do wih it

pan64 · 11-01-2016, 12:39 PM

look for ntp

michaelk · 11-01-2016, 12:44 PM

What is the make/model of your 2016 laptop?

What is the time displayed on the laptop compared to your local time?

If the computer uses the battery to maintain the hardware clock or if antix expects its time to be UTC and it is actually local time this will result with it being wrong.

rokytnji · 11-01-2016, 01:20 PM

Code:

root@biker:/home/harry# ls -l /etc/localtime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3559 Oct 13 21:52 /etc/localtime
root@biker:/home/harry# exit
exit
harry@biker:~
$ inxi
CPU~Dual core Intel Core i5 M 520 (-HT-MCP-) speed/max~1333/2400 MHz Kernel~4.8.1-antix.1-686-smp-pae i686 Up~24 min Mem~300.1/8021.7MB HDD~60.0GB(47.9% used) Procs~180 Client~Shell inxi~2.3.0

However. My time is 13:15 locally, not 21:52, and what is displayed in my Icewm task bar clock and conky display.

One can set the display time using

Code:

# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Current default time zone: 'America/Chicago'
Local time is now:      Tue Nov  1 13:17:46 CDT 2016.
Universal Time is now:  Tue Nov  1 18:17:46 UTC 2016.

I set mine for Chicago even though I live on the Mexican border in Texas.

273 · 11-01-2016, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zpimp

i use antix linux 15 on lots of systems
but on my 2016 laptop, the time is wrong

i keep the battery out of the laptop
if this has anything to do wih it

You need to get more pixie dust into it! I would suggest drinking some good milkshakes and breathing at it -- really at it!
Hope that works.

zpimp · 11-07-2016, 01:14 PM

sorry for the delay
its a lenovo b50-80/i3-5010u
i set the date with
sudo date --set="7 nov 2016 21:10:00"
now its fine
as i said ive taken the battery out, dont know if it has a bios battery, or if the main battery is responsible for the clock

BW-userx · 11-09-2016, 08:25 AM

set it to local time maybe help as the coms battery should keep the time in BIOS intact
mine I set like this

Code:

userx@voided1.what~>> cat /etc/rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - system configuration for void

# Set the host name.
#
# NOTE: it's preferred to declare the hostname in /etc/hostname instead:
# 	- echo myhost > /etc/hostname
#
#HOSTNAME="void-live"

# Set RTC to UTC or localtime.
#HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"

# Set timezone, availables timezones at /usr/share/zoneinfo.
TIMEZONE=America/Chicago

the command line

Code:

sudo date +%T -s "03:30pm"
sudo hwclock -w

adding the actual time . looks like you know how to do both date and time.