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savsav · by **savsav** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:19 am

I dual boot ubuntu 8.04 and antix 7.5

The time in ubuntu is correct. For example, it shows that the time is now 9:15 PM Eastern September 3 -- USA time.

In antix , the time is four hours ahead (Greek time, perhaps?).

So, according to antix, it is now 1:15 AM on September 4

If I change the antix time, the four hour difference with ubuntu remains unchanged.

What's going on?

masinick · by **masinick** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:58 pm

savsav wrote:I dual boot ubuntu 8.04 and antix 7.5

The time in ubuntu is correct. For example, it shows that the time is now 9:15 PM Eastern September 3 -- USA time.

In antix , the time is four hours ahead (Greek time, perhaps?).

So, according to antix, it is now 1:15 AM on September 4

If I change the antix time, the four hour difference with ubuntu remains unchanged.

What's going on?

Hi, Dual booting is no problem, antiX M7.5 can work cooperatively with many different systems. In order to set the time correctly you should visit the Control Centre. In Fluxbox, you do this by right clicking to get the menu, select Settings --> Control Centre, then select the Hardware tab, then Set Date and Time.

When you do so, a terminal console will pop up, requesting the root password. Provide the password, then a package configuration tool appears, where you can set the country, followed by the Time Zone you want to use.

Does that solve the problem? Make sure you use the same time zone and convention as you use in the other system and everything will work as expected.

Hope that helps you out. Thanks for using antiX!

mariel77 · by **mariel77** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:27 pm

I usually have to reset the time in the bios on the next reboot in addition to changing the time using the antiX control center, as masinick said. I did think it was just that my laptop is older though, so you may not need to do this.

savsav · by **savsav** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:10 pm

No, that did not help.

Control center - set Date and Time = useless.

Any other suggestions.

masinick · by **masinick** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:47 pm

savsav wrote:No, that did not help.
Control center - set Date and Time = useless.

Any other suggestions.

What happened when you tried the Control Centre? Did it allow you to select your Timezone? Are you using localtime or GMT (UST) to manage the time on your other system?

eriefisher · by **eriefisher** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:17 pm

You can use "hwclock" in the terminal to set things up. You need to be root.

Code: Select all: root@compaq:/home/eriefisher# hwclock Thu 04 Sep 2008 04:01:54 PM EDT -0.000319 seconds

This will tell you what the hardware clock is set at. If it is wrong then....

Code: Select all: hwclock --set --date="9/4/2008 16:01:54"

to set the time and date. Use day/month/year hour/minute/second. Then you can set the system clock to the hardware clock.....

Code: Select all: hwclock --hctosys

You will probably need to restart x or reboot to see the change. It always works for me. For more info see "man hwclock" in the terminal.

OU812 · by **OU812** on Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:40 pm

I had this problem too. I think it was because I was trying different distros and somehow that messed up my time. I fixed the problem by using an older antix release:

1. Load older livecd.
2. Set time.
3. Reboot and remove livecd.

john

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