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d2_racing
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 Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: Kde 4.3.3 clock screw [SOLVED] |
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Hi Everyone, I have a weird bug with Kde 4.3.3.
My system has the right time :
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mer nov 11 09:13:03 UTC 2009
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Also, if I check with Configuration --> System Configuration --> Date and Time
I see that the big clock has the right time and I see that I use Montreal.
So, why the clock plasmoïde give me 04:16 when it's actually 09:16 ?
Any idea on that one ?
Thanks
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Yamakuzure
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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The tray clock has it's own timezone setting. Maybe it is set to something different?
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Jaglover
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Trying NOT to rant, but why the heck KDE ignores system configuration? For instance, it ignores VertRefresh setting in my xorg.conf.  |
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Yamakuzure
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Not trying to be a know-it-all, but KDE ignores xorg.conf VertRefresh setting in KDE3.5, too. At least on my other not-yet-updated box...
And if you refer to the clock, well, the tray applet has a setting for the time zone named "local". 
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| So, is there any way to correct that bug or misconfiguration from the clock tray ? |
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gami
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Right click on the tray clock, and choose "Digital Clock Settings". Then in the settings dialogue choose "Time Zones". Check that "Clock defaults to <Local>", if you want the tray clock to pick up your system settings, or set it to any other time zone you like. |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm already like that.
I will test some modification about /etc/conf.d/hwclock.
Maybe I screw up big time with that file. |
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Mike Hunt
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Mine is like this: | Code: | # cat /etc/conf.d/hwclock
# Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as
# Greenwich Mean Time). If your clock is set to the local time, then
# set CLOCK to "local". Note that if you dual boot with Windows, then
# you should set it to "local".
clock="UTC"
# If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
# during shutdown, then say "YES" here.
# You normally don't need to do this if you run a ntp daemon.
clock_systohc="NO"
# If you wish to pass any other arguments to hwclock during bootup,
# you may do so here. Alpha users may wish to use --arc or --srm here.
clock_args=""
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Try setting your date and reset your hardware clock. If you use ntpd, stop it temporarily and run this to set the exact time once then restart ntpd, otherwise just use the date command
then in either case, run | Code: | hwclock --systohc
hwclock --show |
mine shows localtime +5 because I use UTC time in /etc/conf.d/hwclock. |
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gami
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Kde 4.3.3 clock screw |
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| d2_racing wrote: |
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mer nov 11 09:13:03 UTC 2009
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Also, if I check with Configuration --> System Configuration --> Date and Time
I see that the big clock has the right time and I see that I use Montreal.
So, why the clock plasmoïde give me 04:16 when it's actually 09:16 ?
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09:16 UTC == 04:16 Montreal
If the above is the output of the date command, your system uses UTC, which is then obviously picked up by KDE. What does your /etc/timezone say? You seem to have set your HW clock to your local time, rather than UTC, though.
Try copying /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal to /etc/localtime, and put "America/Montreal" into /etc/timezone.
After that make sure that your system stores UTC in the HW chip. (clock="UTC" in /etc/conf.d/hwclock, or equivalent on older baselayout) |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I found the problem.
For an unknown reason, the plasmoid was using an another time, so I switched to local instead of Montreal or something else and it's working right now.
My /etc/conf.d/hwclock is like yours Mike except that I use local. |
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Mike Hunt
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Good. Glad to hear that.  |
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