I have an HP computer with an AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor. It has Fedora 13 on it. It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by. I doubt this is a Fedora problem, but am not sure how to fix this and thought I'd ask here. I know how to reset the time, but want to know what can be done so there wouldn't be any need to do that. Thanks in advance.
I have an HP computer with an AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor. It has Fedora 13 on it. It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by. I doubt this is a Fedora problem, but am not sure how to fix this and thought I'd ask here. I know how to reset the time, but want to know what can be done so there wouldn't be any need to do that. Thanks in advance.
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I have an HP computer with an AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor. It has Fedora 13 on it. It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by. I doubt this is a Fedora problem, but am not sure how to fix this and thought I'd ask here. I know how to reset the time, but want to know what can be done so there wouldn't be any need to do that. Thanks in advance.
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Brian Wood woodbrian77@gmail.com wrote:
I have an HP computer with an AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor. It has Fedora 13 on it. It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by. Brian Wood Ebenezer Enterprises http://webEbenezer.net (651) 251-9384
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 23 September 2010 06:15 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by.
Are you dual booting with Windows? If yes that might be the reason.
I have recently installed Fedora 13 by shrinking my ubuntu partition. On the start due to some error( on my part) grub only choosing fedora to boot the system. After the correction on grub config I can now dual boot Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 9.04 - since then the time shown on Fedora Desktop is always incorrect. It's started happening only after the dual boot option is available to me. Solution required - thanks in advance.
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On Friday 24 September 2010 07:00 AM, Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Suvayu Alifatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 23 September 2010 06:15 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by.
Are you dual booting with Windows? If yes that might be the reason.
I have recently installed Fedora 13 by shrinking my ubuntu partition. On the start due to some error( on my part) grub only choosing fedora to boot the system. After the correction on grub config I can now dual boot Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 9.04 - since then the time shown on Fedora Desktop is always incorrect. It's started happening only after the dual boot option is available to me. Solution required - thanks in advance.
Usually this happens when you dual boot with windows, but I guess it can happen with Ubuntu too.
You should check whether Ubuntu is configured to update the hardware clock to local time or not. If it is, then turn it _off_. You need to set both Ubuntu and Fedora to keep the hardware clock synchronised with UTC and display the time adjusted for your time zone.
To achieve this in Fedora (and probably will work for Ubuntu too) is to open up system-config-date and under the "Time" tab check the box saying "System clock uses UTC". I would also recommend turning ntpd on (a check-box on "Date and Time" tab)
Hope this will resolve the issue for you. GL.
On 09/24/2010 10:23 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Friday 24 September 2010 07:00 AM, Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Suvayu Alifatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 23 September 2010 06:15 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by.
Are you dual booting with Windows? If yes that might be the reason.
I have recently installed Fedora 13 by shrinking my ubuntu partition. On the start due to some error( on my part) grub only choosing fedora to boot the system. After the correction on grub config I can now dual boot Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 9.04 - since then the time shown on Fedora Desktop is always incorrect. It's started happening only after the dual boot option is available to me. Solution required - thanks in advance.
Usually this happens when you dual boot with windows, but I guess it can happen with Ubuntu too.
You should check whether Ubuntu is configured to update the hardware clock to local time or not. If it is, then turn it _off_. You need to set both Ubuntu and Fedora to keep the hardware clock synchronised with UTC and display the time adjusted for your time zone.
To achieve this in Fedora (and probably will work for Ubuntu too) is to open up system-config-date and under the "Time" tab check the box saying "System clock uses UTC". I would also recommend turning ntpd on (a check-box on "Date and Time" tab)
Hope this will resolve the issue for you. GL.
First, if the OP is dual booting with Windows, then
system-config-date and under the "Time" tab UNCHECK the box saying "System clock uses UTC". I would also recommend turning ntpd on (a check-box on "Date and Time" tab) System/Administration/Date and Time from the menu.
Windows always uses local time. Unix was designed to use UTC, but Linux can be either because it is frequently dual booted. You can also set up NTP, by going to the same screen under the date and time tab, and syncronize date and time over Internet. It is best to choose time servers close to you, but you can also use the ones that are preset in fedora.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 24 September 2010 07:00 AM, Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Suvayu Alifatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 23 September 2010 06:15 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by.
Are you dual booting with Windows? If yes that might be the reason.
I have recently installed Fedora 13 by shrinking my ubuntu partition. On the start due to some error( on my part) grub only choosing fedora to boot the system. After the correction on grub config I can now dual boot Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 9.04 - since then the time shown on Fedora Desktop is always incorrect. It's started happening only after the dual boot option is available to me. Solution required - thanks in advance.
Usually this happens when you dual boot with windows, but I guess it can happen with Ubuntu too.
You should check whether Ubuntu is configured to update the hardware clock to local time or not. If it is, then turn it _off_. You need to set both Ubuntu and Fedora to keep the hardware clock synchronised with UTC and display the time adjusted for your time zone.
To achieve this in Fedora (and probably will work for Ubuntu too) is to open up system-config-date and under the "Time" tab check the box saying "System clock uses UTC".
THANK YOU VERY MUCH Suvayu. You have solved my problem. Sorry for being late to reply. Actually I am waiting to see whether the changes are permanent or not.
I would also recommend turning ntpd on (a check-box on "Date and Time" tab)
I have not done this though. Is it necessary?
Hope this will resolve the issue for you. GL.
One thing I want to share with you and other users here - I have also been a subscriber to another user's mailing list - though I am not here for long - still the queries I have posted here got quick and perfect solution than elsewhere - it seems to me the users here are more knowledgeable than elsewhere.
Thanks a lot-
with regards tanmoy
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Hi Tanmoy,
On 29 September 2010 11:35, Tanmoy Chatterjee bum.jee@gmail.com wrote:
To achieve this in Fedora (and probably will work for Ubuntu too) is to open up system-config-date and under the "Time" tab check the box saying "System clock uses UTC".
THANK YOU VERY MUCH Suvayu. You have solved my problem. Sorry for being late to reply.
You are welcome. :)
I would also recommend turning ntpd on (a check-box on "Date and Time" tab)
I have not done this though. Is it necessary?
As I mentioned, its recommended but not necessary. With ntpd turned on your clock will be kept synchronised with other time servers on the internet. This is a good way to keep your system clock synchronised without worrying about it.
One thing I want to share with you and other users here - I have also been a subscriber to another user's mailing list - though I am not here for long - still the queries I have posted here got quick and perfect solution than elsewhere - it seems to me the users here are more knowledgeable than elsewhere.
I am a very new Fedora user/member of this list. But there are many people on this list who have been here long before GNU/Linux came into existence. So yes, I agree the collective wisdom of mailing lists like this one can be phenomenal. :)
Tanmoy Chatterjee:
I have not done this though. Is it necessary?
suvayu ali:
As I mentioned, its recommended but not necessary. With ntpd turned on your clock will be kept synchronised with other time servers on the internet. This is a good way to keep your system clock synchronised without worrying about it.
And, so long as your computer stays close to real time, NTP will keep it exactly on real time, and you'll never have to set your clock again.
Only if the computer's clock get seriously out of step will NTP abandon trying to keep it on time, automatically. Though, you can configure things so that each boot up the clock is forced to real time, and NTP then keeps it on time.
In a era where you're surrounded by equipment with clocks, it's nice to have at least some of them take care of themselves. If you have several computers, it's useful for fault finding if all their logs have synchronised timestamps in their logs. And if you ever have to submit something like a firewall log to someone to trace an attack, they're not going to want it unless it's timestamps are precise. A NTP synchronised clock will do the job for you.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Tanmoy Chatterjee:
I have not done this though. Is it necessary?
suvayu ali:
As I mentioned, its recommended but not necessary. With ntpd turned on your clock will be kept synchronised with other time servers on the internet. This is a good way to keep your system clock synchronised without worrying about it.
And, so long as your computer stays close to real time, NTP will keep it exactly on real time, and you'll never have to set your clock again.
Only if the computer's clock get seriously out of step will NTP abandon trying to keep it on time, automatically. Though, you can configure things so that each boot up the clock is forced to real time, and NTP then keeps it on time.
In a era where you're surrounded by equipment with clocks, it's nice to have at least some of them take care of themselves. If you have several computers, it's useful for fault finding if all their logs have synchronised timestamps in their logs. And if you ever have to submit something like a firewall log to someone to trace an attack, they're not going to want it unless it's timestamps are precise. A NTP synchronised clock will do the job for you.
Thank you very much. Things are clearer to me now. Thanks again.
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On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:42 AM, suvayu ali fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tanmoy,
On 29 September 2010 11:35, Tanmoy Chatterjee bum.jee@gmail.com wrote:
To achieve this in Fedora (and probably will work for Ubuntu too) is to open up system-config-date and under the "Time" tab check the box saying "System clock uses UTC".
THANK YOU VERY MUCH Suvayu. You have solved my problem. Sorry for being late to reply.
You are welcome. :)
I would also recommend turning ntpd on (a check-box on "Date and Time" tab)
I have not done this though. Is it necessary?
As I mentioned, its recommended but not necessary. With ntpd turned on your clock will be kept synchronised with other time servers on the internet. This is a good way to keep your system clock synchronised without worrying about it.
Thanks - I will turn on the ntpd on my system now.
One thing I want to share with you and other users here - I have also been a subscriber to another user's mailing list - though I am not here for long - still the queries I have posted here got quick and perfect solution than elsewhere - it seems to me the users here are more knowledgeable than elsewhere.
I am a very new Fedora user/member of this list. But there are many people on this list who have been here long before GNU/Linux came into existence. So yes, I agree the collective wisdom of mailing lists like this one can be phenomenal. :)
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Brian Wood woodbrian77@gmail.com wrote:
I have an HP computer with an AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor. It has Fedora 13 on it. It continually reports the time incorrectly and gets further off(fast) as time goes by. I doubt this is a Fedora problem, but am not sure how to fix this and thought I'd ask here. I know how to reset the time, but want to know what can be done so there wouldn't be any need to do that. Thanks in advance.
There's a kernel option for clock=pit that might help. I.e., add the clock=pit to your kernel boot parameters then reboot.
Not sure if it applies here, but there are also lots of VMWare related messages about clocks. They have recommended using a different stepping algorithm to the kernel. If you google "Linux VMware clock" there are quite a few hits.
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