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Try "hwclock -systohc" after you've set your system time. That should
set the hardware clock for you.

-Joe
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On Monday 13 February 2006 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:
> Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I could set correct time
> and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to remember its own time and
> date ?

The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock :
---
# If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
# during shutdown, then say "yes" here.

CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
---

followed by
% rc-update add clock boot
to make sure it runs at boot and halt.

> cheers,
> Y-Lan

Cheers,
Christophe

PS: my MacOS X won't boot anymore either, I wish I knew why.
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Note that this can als indicate that the Mobo battery that keeps the time
synced when the power is off may be dead.

But try the hwclock stuff first.

On 2/13/06, Christophe Choumert <christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org>
wrote:
>
> On Monday 13 February 2006 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:
> > Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I could set correct time
> > and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to remember its own time and
> > date ?
>
> The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock :
> ---
> # If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
> # during shutdown, then say "yes" here.
>
> CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
> ---
>
> followed by
> % rc-update add clock boot
> to make sure it runs at boot and halt.
>
> > cheers,
> > Y-Lan
>
> Cheers,
> Christophe
>
> PS: my MacOS X won't boot anymore either, I wish I knew why.
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Ben Ricker <ben.ricker@gmail.com> a écrit : Note that this can als indicate that the Mobo battery that keeps the time synced when the power is off may be dead.

No no, today we are April 14th, 1976, and four days ago was April 10th, 1976, so time is actually kept :-)

Thanks everyone, I'll try tonight as soon as I have my computer in front of me.

Cheers,

Y-Lan





But try the hwclock stuff first.

On 2/13/06, Christophe Choumert <christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org> wrote: On Monday 13 February 2006 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:
> Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I could set correct time
> and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to remember its own time and
> date ?

The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock :
---
# If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
# during shutdown, then say "yes" here.

CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
---

followed by
% rc-update add clock boot
to make sure it runs at boot and halt.

> cheers,
> Y-Lan

Cheers,
Christophe

PS: my MacOS X won't boot anymore either, I wish I knew why.
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Actually someone just told me that the clock always works even if the battery is dead, so it means nothing that time is passing :-(
Hope it's not the case though.

Y-Lan Boureau <blauenote@yahoo.fr> a écrit :
Ben Ricker <ben.ricker@gmail.com> a écrit : Note that this can als indicate that the Mobo battery that keeps the time synced when the power is off may be dead.

No no, today we are April 14th, 1976, and four days ago was April 10th, 1976, so time is actually kept :-)

Thanks everyone, I'll try tonight as soon as I have my computer in front of me.

Cheers,

Y-Lan





But try the hwclock stuff first.

On 2/13/06, Christophe Choumert <christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org> wrote: On Monday 13 February 2006 ! 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:
> Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I could set correct time
> and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to remember its own time and
> date ?

The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock :
---
# If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
# during shutdown, then say "yes" here.

CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
---

followed by
% rc-update add clock boot
to make sure it runs at boot and halt.

> cheers,
> Y-Lan

Cheers,
Christophe

PS: my MacOS X won't boot anymore either, I wish I knew why.
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Thanks everyone :-))

My system date is back to 2006 !

Cheers,

Y-Lan


--- Christophe Choumert
<christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org> a écrit :

> On Monday 13 February 2006 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau
> wrote:
> > Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I
> could set correct time
> > and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to
> remember its own time and
> > date ?
>
> The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock :
> ---
> # If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the
> current System Time
> # during shutdown, then say "yes" here.
>
> CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
> ---
>
> followed by
> % rc-update add clock boot
> to make sure it runs at boot and halt.
>
> > cheers,
> > Y-Lan
>
> Cheers,
> Christophe
>
> PS: my MacOS X won't boot anymore either, I wish I
> knew why.
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>
>







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I looked at my OLD Power Mac MT (mobo fabbed in 1997) and it HAS a dead
battery. It resets to Jan 1, 1970 every reboot. Basic point: I do not think
it will "keep time" if the batter is dead.

Anyway, glad you have it fixed!

Au revoir,

Ben Ricker

On 2/14/06, Y-Lan Boureau <blauenote@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> Actually someone just told me that the clock always works even if the
> battery is dead, so it means nothing that time is passing :-(
> Hope it's not the case though.
>
> *Y-Lan Boureau <blauenote@yahoo.fr>* a écrit :
>
>
> *Ben Ricker <ben.ricker@gmail.com>* a écrit : Note that this can als
> indicate that the Mobo battery that keeps the time synced when the power is
> off may be dead.
>
> No no, today we are April 14th, 1976, and four days ago was April 10th,
> 1976, so time is actually kept :-)
>
> Thanks everyone, I'll try tonight as soon as I have my computer in front
> of me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Y-Lan
>
>
>
>
>
> But try the hwclock stuff first.
>
> On 2/13/06, Christophe Choumert <christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Monday 13 February 2006 ! 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:
> > > Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I could set correct
> > time
> > > and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to remember its own time and
> > > date ?
> >
> > The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock :
> > ---
> > # If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
> > # during shutdown, then say "yes" here.
> >
> > CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"
> > ---
> >
> > followed by
> > % rc-update add clock boot
> > to make sure it runs at boot and halt.
> >
> > > cheers,
> > > Y-Lan
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christophe
> >
> > PS: my MacOS X wo! n't boot anymore either, I wish I knew why.
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> >
> >
>
>
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> He's just this guy, you know?
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On 2006-02-14, at 20:19, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:

> Thanks everyone :-))
>
> My system date is back to 2006 !
>
> Cheers,
>
> Y-Lan

Having a dead battery, system clock resets to it's initial value only
when I:
1. Turn off the power
2. Plug off power cord for a while, i.e. when I take the computer to
a different location. 5 minutes is enough.

Simple restart is not enough. System clock is running like the
circuit that lets to turn on machine "softly" - with power button on
the keyboard.

If you use oldworld machine and need to boot the old Mac OS system
before running BootX, you can expect the machine to "forget" where is
the startup volume too.

With these information you should quickly find if battery needs to be
replaced.

Regards
Bartek
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No, the battery is not dead - I've keeped the computer unplugged for hours a number of times, and time was still passing, moving from April 10th to April 11th and so on.
What happened was I never gave a chance to the hardware clock to get back to 2006, after I resetted it to 1976 by zapping the PRAM and NVRAM.
But then after people from this mailing list kindly told me how to set hardware clock to system time, the clock was back to 2006 at last.

So this problem is solved for good :-)

Cheers,

Y-Lan



Bartosz Zaród <Bartosz@Zarod.pl> a écrit :
On 2006-02-14, at 20:19, Y-Lan Boureau wrote:

> Thanks everyone :-))
>
> My system date is back to 2006 !
>
> Cheers,
>
> Y-Lan

Having a dead battery, system clock resets to it's initial value only
when I:
1. Turn off the power
2. Plug off power cord for a while, i.e. when I take the computer to
a different location. 5 minutes is enough.

Simple restart is not enough. System clock is running like the
circuit that lets to turn on machine "softly" - with power button on
the keyboard.

If you use oldworld machine and need to boot the old Mac OS system
before running BootX, you can expect the machine to "forget" where is
the startup volume too.

With these information you should quickly find if battery needs to be
replaced.

Regards
Bartek
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