OpenSUSE Install :: Switching Hwclock From Localtime To UTC?
Apr 29, 2010
I have the following problem: I installed 11.2 on a laptop with the hardware clock said to run on local time (CE(S)T), expecting to do a dual-boot Windows setup later. That plan got scrapped, and the to-DST switchover lately failed, so I'd like to switch the hwclock to UTC.
By now, I have (coming to work at 08:53 CEST = 06:53 UTC today):
# grep '^[^#]' /etc/sysconfig/clock
HWCLOCK="-u"
SYSTOHC="yes"
[code]....
YaST2 shows checkmark for "Hardware Clock set to UTC"
- but nonetheless, when I logged in, the OS time shown was *06*:something "local" (digital panel clock) / "CEST" ('date' command), and 'last' says:
reboot system boot 2.6.31.12-0.2-de Thu Apr 29 06:54 (02:49)
(For the moment, I run ntpd to fix the issue, but I'm lucky to currently *have* network every day.) What am I missing to have the OS clock be initialized *correctly* on bootup?
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Dec 22, 2009
I was a user of Suse10.0 to 10.3 when my laptop HD got to full and I was forced to remove it and give the whole thing to windows (to cheep to buy a larger HD). I have recently built myself a new computer and decided to give Kubuntu a try. After using it a few times and having multiple problems I am giving up and going back to Suse (I liked the looks and layout much better).
Right now I have a dual boot system with Windows7 and Kubuntu9.10. I would like to not have to reinstall windows and just take over the space that ubuntu was occupying.
Will I run into any problems with grub? Will it install just like a fresh volume and reinstall grub? Do I need to reformat the space ubuntu is using?
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I checked the timezone with the 'setup' command, and found the timezone is still Asia/Shanghai. Did I change the timezone to Asia/Hong_Kong successfully? Why the 'setup' program still shows the former timezone? Is there any other way to change timezone in a non-interactive way other than relinking the /etc/localtime?
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