comp.os.linux.networking

Àngel Català wrote:
> I have tryed what you said, and when I typed "hwclock --show" I have got
> that message, and for "hwclock --show --directisa" it has worked, so I
> hacked /etc/default/rcS, but it still is failing.

This is the underlying problem. Your OS can't read or set the clock
correctly, so it can't correct for the two hours.

All the NTP suggestions are quite likely just side issues, sadly, and for
now I would strongly suggest you first address the underlying problem.
Once that's done, NTP should just start working as you'd expect.


To get the boot time sorted, you need to fiddle around with the hwclock
command. My assumptions are (a) that you're two hours ahead of UTC, and
(b) that your BIOS clock is running under local time rather than UTC.

1. Boot debian and set the time (using ntpdate, or whatever you prefer)
to within a couple of second or so of "real" time.

2. Write the current date/time to the BIOS clock:

hwclock --directisa --localtime --systohc --noadjfile

3. Remove the adjtime file, to reset any wild (and invalid) adjustment
attempts the system may have made:

rm -f /etc/adjtime

4. Write the current date/tiem to the BIOS clock again, this time
updating/creating the adjustment file:

hwclock --directisa --localtime --systohc

5. Verify the current date/time in the BIOS clock. This should show the
correct current time (to within a few seconds):

hwclock --directisa --show

If this doesn't show the right time, repeat from #3 again but
with --utc instead of --localtime for item #4

6. Reboot without updating the BIOS clock again:

reboot -f


That should work :-)
Chris