Datentime Enhancement

[Jon_J]

running datentime.py in a terminal just launched the GUI.
There was nothing printed or shown in the terminal.
I'm pretty sure I uninstalled the previous version first before installing the last one. I'll try uninstalling my current one, and installing the latest one.

my date/time is remembered most the time after reboot unless it locks up and you have to reset it.

but how often do you actually need to reboot your Z? once a month? I just suspend/resume and it is so much more responsive after I fixed the multiple rotations from executing after a resume...

actually, make sure you do have the latest datentime.py file. installing a new package without removing the older version sometimes does not work. even though it tells you that you got the new package installed, you still have the old files...

when you run datentime.py from a terminal, you should see the date and time printed twice, once in GMT0 and once in your timezone...
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[Jon_J]

I uninstalled my current datentime.
I checked the /usr/bin directory, and made sure "datentime.py" was removed, and it was.
Then I re-installed datentime_1.0.8_armv5tel.ipk
I had to set the zone and clock and reboot twice, to make my time display correctly.
On the first reboot, it lost -6 hours, setting the clock again and rebooting resulted in a correct clock display.
I'm not sure if this will stay this way, since I haven't rebooted again.
Oh BTW, I can tell if the clock is going to "hold it's correct value" when rebooting.
Once I exit 'X' and type in reboot, there is a line that displays the time.
EDIT:
meanie, on your website you say one should reboot after installing/uninstalling a lot of pkgs.
I have been trying out a lot of pkgs, and this is the reason I reboot more that once a month.

[HoloVector]

Jon_J, I am having the exact same problem as you on my recently flashed and upgraded to full 3200.  Thanks to some resume issues I have rebooted for the 4th time today.

Meanie, why was Saskatchewan chosen as the GMT -6 zone aka Central Standard Time?  The province of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight savings time and therefore spends half of it's year on the same time as the CST (GMT -6) and the other half in synch with MST (GMT -7).  That means that even if it was keeping time properly it will get out of sync for the CST folks (Manitoba, Illnois, etc) after some time changes.  

Meanie, would it be possible to replace the city names for the Americas with the timezone names in the drop down list instead?  The Timezones are:  Maritime, Eastern, Central, Saskatchewan, Mountain and Pacific.   Thanks for all your hardwork, Meanie.

[Meanie]

ok, this version of datentime will keep the right time even after several reboots.
also fixed the timezones (i think) for the northern americans.

[Meanie]

daylight savings has just ended here in Sydney (AET) and my Z automatically turned the clock back by an hour! yay

this was using the updated zoneinfo data from the updated timezones package and linking /etc/localtime to my corresponding timezone using the updated datentime python script.

[HoloVector]

Thanks Meanie.  I going to try this after I ipkg upgrade my 3200 to the latest pdaxii13.

[zeigerpuppy]

I am also getting the time shifting problem whenever I suspend or reboot, however it goes 10 hours forward for me (Melbourne time).
My suspend script contains the following:

suspend() {
  # stop atd (but only if it's running)
  if [ -n "$(ps | grep atd | grep -v grep)" ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd stop
  fi
  hwclock --systohc
  return 0
}

resume() {
  # start atd (but only if service installed and enabled)
  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd start
  fi
  hwclock --hctosys
 return 0
}  
  return 0



I also have a problem with the script:

# python /usr/bin/datentime.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/datentime.py", line 2, in ?
    import gtk
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 81, in ?
    _init()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 66, in _init
    _gtk.init_check()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'init_check'

I have rebooted to no avail and installed the latest gtk2

[Meanie]

I am also getting the time shifting problem whenever I suspend or reboot, however it goes 10 hours forward for me (Melbourne time).
My suspend script contains the following:

suspend() {
  # stop atd (but only if it's running)
  if [ -n "$(ps | grep atd | grep -v grep)" ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd stop
  fi
  hwclock --systohc
  return 0
}

resume() {
  # start atd (but only if service installed and enabled)
  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd start
  fi
  hwclock --hctosys
 return 0
}   
  return 0



I also have a problem with the script:

# python /usr/bin/datentime.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/datentime.py", line 2, in ?
    import gtk
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 81, in ?
    _init()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 66, in _init
    _gtk.init_check()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'init_check'

I have rebooted to no avail and installed the latest gtk2
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you are probably missing pygtk

[zeigerpuppy]

Thanks Meanie,

that worked but I still have the problem with the time shifting (back to GMT 0) when I suspen/resume,

is there a problem with my suspend/resume scripts?

EDIT
I found the error, it was in the resume script, it was running hwclock after starting the atd daemon, not before... updated version below

resume() {
# start atd (but only if service installed and enabled)
hwclock --hctosys
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd ]; then
/etc/rc.d/init.d/atd start
fi
return 0

I know this is rather off topic... but is there a way to start a ppp connection automatically on resume so that ntpdate can also be run automatically?
EDIT