setting the hardware clock

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Same thing, Jim, "hwclock -w" hangs too.


On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 jwantz at babel.hpcc.noaa.gov wrote:

> Hey Chuck,
> Just try hwclock -w
>
>       Jim Wantz WB0TFK
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Adam.
> >
> > That says the battery is okay. I have been installing new stuff
> > like made here, but no kernel changes or anything I can think of
> > that might affect writing to the clock.
> > The shutdown failure leaves the keyboard inoperative except for
> > the speakup review keys. Init has been asked to switch to
> > runlevel 0, processes are sent the term signal and then the kill
> > signal, the message about writing time to the hardware clock
> > appears, then nothing. And ctrl-alt-del is ineffective too at
> > that point. My sound card remains alive, my internet connection
> > remain active, and in fact incoming mail continues to arrive (I
> > have some sound files announcing that fact).
> >
> > Very strange.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Adam Myrow wrote:
> >
> > > If your clock quit setting and you've changed nothing, it's possible the
> > > battery may be failing.  Assuming you have RTC support in the kernel (most
> > > stock kernels do and it's generally a good idea,) type "cat
> > > /proc/drivers/rtc."  It will give the time that is in the RTC and will
> > > show the battery status plus a lot of other info.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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