Subject: Re: I feel like an idiot
To: None <stripes@tigerlair.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/28/2001 11:09:19
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 11:32:43AM -0700, stripes@tigerlair.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Fun, new problem. For some reason, my clock keeps going out of sync
> (which makes using certs a bitch).
>
> It doesn't pick a time that makes sense. For example, today is 28 June
> 2001 (which it's ok with), but the time is 18:23 PDT, which isn't correct.
>
> I checked the BIOS (Toshiba Tecra 8100), and there is nothing to set the
> time in.
Are you dualbooting this machine? If so you need to have the following
in your kernel config:
options RTC_OFFSET=480
Or:
options RTC_OFFSET=420 (daylight savings time)
-Andrew