setting the clock in slack 10

buffed317 · 08-16-2004, 08:44 PM

how do you get the clock to set itself through the internet? everytime i reboot the clock sets itself to 1/1/00. i am using kde.
thanks

WMD · 08-16-2004, 08:51 PM

Sounds like a problem with your hardware clock. Check your BIOS to see if it's clock is set right.

If it is, add this line to rc.local: hwclock --hctosys

Then it'll get set on bootup.

carboncopy · 08-16-2004, 09:03 PM

IT is possible that your Main Board battery is dead. Check and change it. DO NOT let it leak.

buffed317 · 08-16-2004, 09:06 PM

i used red hat a while ago and there was an option of syncronizing the clock with the UTC. then you chose what server you wanted to use. is there something like that in slackware? i think that is the poblem because windows has the right time and date. i also tried adding that line and it didnt wok

alioop · 08-17-2004, 12:28 AM

How does one go about setting the time in Slackware? When I first installed Slackware (newbie with this distro, not with Linux) I picked Central (USA) but my clock is off. It not my battery. Keeps time with other distros. So how does one go about setting the time?

Joseph_M · 08-17-2004, 01:15 AM

You need ntp. Here is a link from the system admin guide on tldp:
http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/x2869.html
With the information above and the list of time servers below:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2b.html
You should be set.
Please pay attention to the access policy of the time servers.

zsejk · 08-17-2004, 04:17 PM

Try the following command:

Code:

$ netdate 129.6.15.28 132.163.4.102 131.107.1.10 207.200.81.113

That command uses a couple of servers, some of which may be down. Not to worry though, even if only one is up, it'll still work.

Take a look at http://www.loblolly.net/~rddecker/he...-twoclocks.htm as well.

If the netdate command works (i.e. if your clock is set to the correct time by it), you may want to add the following line to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:

Code:

/usr/sbin/netdate 129.6.15.28 132.163.4.102 131.107.1.10 207.200.81.113

Hope that helps!!!

-zsejk

Mephisto · 08-17-2004, 04:53 PM

You could also use ntpdate to synch with a clock or run ntpd to keep it synched. I prefer to have ntpdate run as a cron job but I suppose it is a matter of choice.

buffed317 · 08-18-2004, 10:51 AM

thanks zsejk. the netdate command works.

edafe · 02-16-2005, 10:59 AM

Please have a look at:

http://www.edafe.org/slackware/index.html#ntp

Regards,
Edafe

Mr-Imbroglio · 02-17-2005, 11:59 AM

su to root,

then type: ntpdate -b time.nist.gov

all done