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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: emjaybee on March 21, 2005, 10:55:01 am

Title: Clock Not Keeping Up
Post by: emjaybee on March 21, 2005, 10:55:01 am

I'm running RC9 and no matter how many times I set my time, it always drags behind.  I even have it set for network time protocol (NTP) using the same servers my laptop uses and to update every 16 seconds.  Even with my wireless network card plugged in I still can't seem to get the time to stay current.  I also don't have /usr/share/zoneinfo to set the timezone (is this normal for RC9 or do I have to install something?).  On desktops the clock not keeping up can be a sign of a bad CMOS battery on the computer.  Is there a similiar thing on the 860s that could be going bad or is it software related?

Title: Clock Not Keeping Up
Post by: Zumi on March 21, 2005, 03:28:50 pm

Well, the clock on my Z is _very_ inaccurate too. I haven't used much other roms, so I don't know if it's a pdaXrom specific problem, or hardware, but I have it too.

About the timezone: you can install "timezones" package from the rc9 feed. Then, make a symlink like this:

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[root@zaurus:/etc] $ ls -l localtime
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root root 35 2005-02-23 23:11 localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/BudapestWith the

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ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Budapest /etc/localtimecommand.

Zumi

Title: Clock Not Keeping Up
Post by: jerrybme on March 22, 2005, 10:27:21 am

I used to have the same problem, but for the last couple of weeks I've been using the hack posted by dvdrw here (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10804&view=findpost&p=70050)
and not sure if it's related but I've noticed that the time has not been slipping. I only connect to the internet couple of times a week, so it's not ntp fixing things. I've had zero GUI lock ups since using his hack too  

Anyone else expereinced this?

Cheers,
Jerry