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BarefootSoul83

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2009-10-07

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logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

ok...I just recently switched to Arch! WOOHOOO...I feel like I just jumped in the ocean with no vest but its still fun!

I have several problems...

1) I am having to login as root right now because when I try and login as myself (donald) I cannot do everything I am use to: for instance - Flashplayer 10 is installed in both root and donald...but it only lets me use it in root? (ie...youtube...stuff like that) same thing with spell check...its installed...but only in use by root.

2) I went in to fix my dbus one time and the bios threw up an error - something about the last start up time was in the future... so I rolled it forward... now my time is all messed up and the date is always tomorrow...Is there any way to fix that without waiting 24hours?

We'll start there...=-)

THANKS!

Donald

guzz46

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 190

Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

Try running this command on your partitions

tune2fs -T now /dev/sda#

eg... /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1

BarefootSoul83

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From: Virginia, USA

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Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

and what does that do?

guzz46

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-06-18

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Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

Sets  the  time  the filesystem was last checked to the current time

lilsirecho

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Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

Perhaps you can use the following procedure to correct the time:

delete..../var/lib/hwclock/adjtime

This file will be auto-reinstalled following the deletion.

Also, another method:

hwclock --systohc

Good luck.........

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Inxsible

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Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

Word of caution on using the tune2fs command. It can really mess up the system if you don't know what you are doing. Please read up on it and its various options before using that command. Also check its man page for more information.

I would second the hwclock option to set your clock. But the best option would be to simply install openntpd and put it in your DAEMONS array. This will automatically set/adjust your clock according to the server that is nearest to your location.

Check the wiki here to see how to install ntpd

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-10-08 01:12:31)

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mcmillan

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Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

For the flash and spell check how did you install each of these?

BarefootSoul83

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Re: logging in as root for now.... and bios/time problem

for Flash and spell check I used "pacman -S ..."