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Thank you very much!
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Thanks!
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I've installed Slack several times in past few years (now Jan 2018, v14.2). I have always had so much trouble with slack's incorrect time that I just gave up finally. Your article has been read and used by me several times – with no results or inconsistent results. This may well be my fault.Your instructions are themselves ambiguous: "The *system clock* on Slackware is set by a script called timeconfig…'; It is not obvious jjust WHAT is meant here by " the 'system clock' ". Are you saying that this Slackware script can actually *change* the hardware clock? I guess then that there is no reason to reboot into the BIOS to do that, huh?
I am fully cognizant of the meaning of the 24 zones, UT, GMT, etc and have been an amateur astronomer for 50-odd years. The problem is not mine, but the total ambiguity and incompleteness of LInux 'documentation', in my opinion. I have, in fact, *never seen* a thorough, unambiguous discussion of just how to make these settings "correctly" for Slackware.
Thanks for your kind attempt, though.
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Hi John,
You can always use ntpd to synchronize time, be it either by loading it in /etc/rc.local or doing it via a cron job.
timeconfig was a script that was able to correct system time in the past, i’m not actively using slackware but I believe
if the script is still there you can tune time with it.
By system clock I mean the clock that is being reported by Linux kernel bios. Slackware is a hardcore fans distro and not for everyone.
To use it you have to be ready for a lot of inconvenience. Otherwise just use Ubuntu or Mint and I think you will not experience the system time issues.
I have to also say my general opinion nowadays is GNU / Linux is following a wrong path and is becoming more and more messy.
Wish you Best,
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If you doubt the problem of ambiguity, just have a look at this 'slack doc' or 'how to':
https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:hardware:syncing_hardware_clock_and_system_local_time
which included a "Procedure to Synchronize the System Time to Hardware Clock" (???)
What is this so-called 'system time', if not the hardware clock? And which are you talking about in your article above?
Confused
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