On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 7:47 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > Would this mean anything as far as sed? I never thought a 'sed' command > could effectively correct the situation I am having. > Yes. It is being used to modify a config file. > > It probably is because Mint assumes the the BIOS clock is UTC. Then when > you have a time zone configured on Mint, the time is adjusted to fit the > timezone. > > You need to edit the /etc/default/rcS file and tell the OS directly that > the BIOS clock is not UTC. > > You can edit the file manually or just run: > Code: sudo sed -i s/UTC=yes/UTC=no/ /etc/default/rcSRyan are you still > out there? > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: pj.world at hotmail.com > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 19:26:42 -0600 > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Bios clock and Linux UTC clock refuse to set at > the same time. > > Ryan I apologize, I understand your followup and appreciate your reply. > Your really cool Ryan i'm sorry for not understanding the threads correctly. > > Thank you for mentioning that - [image: Emoji] > > Would you be able to assist me in the future? > > paul g > ------------------------------ > From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 19:06:04 -0600 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Bios clock and Linux UTC clock refuse to set at > the same time. > > Paul - Can you please make sure you make a brand new email in the future > when you have a topic change? If you reply, change the subject and then > send your emails get lost in other threads - like this one. > > Thanks! > > > On Jan 2, 2015, at 4:49 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Since I replaced the on board system battery and reset the CMOS on my > new/used Lenovo m57p Desktop computer. I have had a problem setting the > same UTC time between CMOS/BIOS and Linux UTC clock. Now every time I enter > terminal and enter the following command. > > uname -a > > paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ uname -a > Linux desk/paul-Lenovo 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 > UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Well obviously that is not the correct time or date. Though the correct > time and date is displayed on the Linux Mint 17 64bit edition with Mate > desktop 'as the correct time. I heard there is a command using 'sed' to fix > this. > > 1. is this a common issue? > > Initially after I installed the new Duracell 2032 battery the system fans > were running at full speed; then finally I took note. 'Something is wrong' > and then I proceeded to clear the CMOS. I seem to have misplaced the proper > weblink but it involved only switching the cmos jumper over to pins 2-3 and > powering on the machine and waiting for a series of beeps. Then moving the > onboard CMOS jumper back to it's original position. Powering the machine on > and then again setting the BIOS configuration values. <--That has cleared > the fan issue and any bootime errors that had/were occuring. > > Prior of course to this is that I went through an issue which I should > have noted immediately upon connecting the machine to even AC power was > 'UPDATE THE BIOS FIRMWARE' if possible. > > 2. Can anyone help me configure my system clock to the Linux clock? <--So > I can have the correct time across my entire computer. > > Thank you for your time. > > Happy New Year [image: Emoji] > > paul g > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150102/03090871/attachment-0001.html>