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theneutralnewt

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From: Here and there.

Registered: 2006-06-26

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System time shifts a few hours every boot

Each time I boot into Arch, the time shifts a few hours. I have my timezone set correctly so that's not the problem. Using ntpdate fixes it, but if I don't have a network connection that doesn't help (this is on a laptop). Something that might be related is that when it gets to the "Configuring System Clock" step, it pauses for a couple seconds and then says "select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out".

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

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Re: System time shifts a few hours every boot

well linux keeps its time fine once its booted sounds to me like hardware. Maybe the battery or the quartz crystal itself. Have you tried testing or replacing the battery? You may also want to take note of the time in bios, shut it off then come back after a while and re-check the time in the bios.

ducttapeBigSexy

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Re: System time shifts a few hours every boot

Are you dual booting with Windows?  Windows uses local time, and Linux generally uses UTC time - so, every time you boot from one OS to the other, the time will be off.  If this is the case (it's happened to me already!), make sure that HARDWARECLOCK="localtime" in your rc.conf file.

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theneutralnewt

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Registered: 2006-06-26

Posts: 21

Re: System time shifts a few hours every boot

Are you dual booting with Windows?  Windows uses local time, and Linux generally uses UTC time - so, every time you boot from one OS to the other, the time will be off.  If this is the case (it's happened to me already!), make sure that HARDWARECLOCK="localtime" in your rc.conf file.

I am dual-booting and it does HARDWARECLOCK="localtime". In Windows the time does not shift each boot, only in Arch.