Time problems

[Tovi]

Well, it's not only the time that is reset, it's also the date. Whenever I reboot the time is 12:00 and the date is 01/01/88.

Sorry for not posting this in the Hdd Install section. I will next time. I didn't think it would be any different.

Thanks
Tovi

[rickenbacherus]

Well, it's not only the time that is reset, it's also the date. Whenever I reboot the time is 12:00 and the date is 01/01/88.

You mean to tell me that it ISN'T 1988 any more?? (where have I been?)

On a serious note, if your clock ALWAYS resets to 12:00 it would appear that your CMOS is getting reset. After this happens do you go into your BIOS and set the correct time? And if so when you reboot does it screw the time up again?

I'm not certain but I think it would be worth your time to replace the CMOS battery even though it works correctly in other OS's. Batteries are strange things sometimes but fortunately they are cheap.

[Stephen]

Well, it's not only the time that is reset, it's also the date. Whenever I reboot the time is 12:00 and the date is 01/01/88.

That is a cmos problem as was suggested above then, either the battery is dead or more likely a bad cmos, I have one computer here with a dead battery and as long as it is plugged in it keeps the settings if it is unplugged then I have to re-enter. Do you get any bad cmos errors on boot.

Sorry for not posting this in the Hdd Install section. I will next time. I didn't think it would be any different.

More of a hardware question really.

[edit]Have you added yourself to the cdrom group to see if that eliminates the cdrom problems?[/edit]

[Henk Poley]

Everytime I turn on the computer and log on I have to set up the time and date. It's not being saved.

That's almost always a system/hardware problem. You may have a bad CMOS battery (the battery used to hold system settings and run the clock). Does it read the time correctly under Windows?

Nope this problem also appears on my system. My hardware clock is set to gmt, however even if I set a root password and go into kde and change to my time zone (cst/cdt) the hours are way off (even after syncing with a time server). However if I reboot into Mandrake the time is correct again.

You should have booted Knoppix with " knoppix gmt" if your hardware clock is GMT...
See the CheatCodes.

[Tovi]

I can listen to CDs, thanks but...

if I put a music CD-ROM in I can listen to it fine now, but I cant browse it's contents or a floppy's. Where do I do this? Do I need to mount it? On the root directory I can see a floppy and cdrom directory but when I go into them, there's nothing in them. On the mnt directory I have a hda1 and hda2.

Thanks all again
Tovi

PS. I will shut down my laptop and leave it plugged to see if the battery settings remain.

[RockMumbles]

if I put a music CD-ROM in I can listen to it fine now, but I cant browse it's contents

You cannot browse a music cd as it doesn't have any "data" on it.

as far as your KDE floppy icon, do a search here, I just posted how to make a proper floppy icon for a hd install.

rock

[Stephen]

I can listen to CDs, thanks but...

if I put a music CD-ROM in I can listen to it fine now, but I cant browse it's contents or a floppy's. Where do I do this? Do I need to mount it? On the root directory I can see a floppy and cdrom directory but when I go into them, there's nothing in them. On the mnt directory I have a hda1 and hda2.

Thanks all again
Tovi

PS. I will shut down my laptop and leave it plugged to see if the battery settings remain.

Create a link to them on the desktop and they will be auto-mounted when you click on them. Don't forget to right click and umnount them when your done using them.

[Tovi]

UPDATE ON TIME PROBLEMS

I shut down my laptop and turned it back on, without unplugging it, and the time and date where reset anyway. I think it's safe to assume that it's not the CMOS battery and on boot up Linux is somehow resetting this to 12:09 (to be speficic) and 01/01/88. Any ideas?

Tovi

[Tovi]

if I put a music CD-ROM in I can listen to it fine now, but I cant browse it's contents

You cannot browse a music cd as it doesn't have any "data" on it.

as far as your KDE floppy icon, do a search here, I just posted how to make a proper floppy icon for a hd install.

rock

Thanks.... I created an icon to the floppy and the cd-rom and they work great.

Now, anyone got anymore ideas on why the time is all screwed up?

[Dave_Bechtel]

--Actualy you can browse an audio CD's contents (in windows) because MS created a "kludge" filesystem hack for Explorer. There might be something on sourceforge or freshmeat that enables you to do this in Linux.

if I put a music CD-ROM in I can listen to it fine now, but I cant browse it's contents

You cannot browse a music cd as it doesn't have any "data" on it.

as far as your KDE floppy icon, do a search here, I just posted how to make a proper floppy icon for a hd install.

rock