Time problems

[rickenbacherus]

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

"...to be specific.." Please- always be specific.

I didn't see any mention of whether or not you've entered the BIOS and reset the HARDWARE clock first. Sometimes I miss things tho.....

If that doesn't get you fixed then it's gotta be a buggy BIOS. You know that the Linux kernel runs on your box right? Maybe a BIOS flash would help but I really don't think that's it.

[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

"...to be specific.." Please- always be specific.

I didn't see any mention of whether or not you've entered the BIOS and reset the HARDWARE clock first. Sometimes I miss things tho.....

If that doesn't get you fixed then it's gotta be a buggy BIOS. You know that the Linux kernel runs on your box right? Maybe a BIOS flash would help but I really don't think that's it.

How can I check out my BIOS now????????
I used to have a "Press Esc/F1/Del to enter the BIOS" but after installing Knoppix on the HD it's gone.

How do I do it now?

[rickenbacherus]

Since everything in the BIOS is hard-coded it didn't really change although it is possible to bypass the prompt that tells you what keys to press in order to access the BIOS. You can still use the same keys, just press and hold them immediately on seeing the BIOS splah screen. Barring that you could reset the CMOS which would force you to enter the BIOS.