Fixing Your Crazy Clock
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The first time I used Mandrake, this bugged me like no tomorrow. Once I figured it out, it became second nature to me. In light of recent requests, I decided I'd write this up real quick.

It seems like a lot of people have a problem where their clock just decides to change every time they start Linux, and they aren't sure what's causing it or how to stop it. This tutorial will benefit them greatly.

Press Alt+F2 in KDE to open a Run Command dialog. If you are unsure how to get to one of these prompts in whatever you use for your desktop, you can use a console.

Type in /usr/sbin/clock.pl and hit Enter.

You will be asked for a root password, so enter that and then press Enter.

Next, DrakClock will appear on the screen.

You can adjust your time to correct it here.
DrakClock
This is also accessible in the Mandrake Control Center.


Next, click on the Time Zone button.

Linux supports many time zones:
Time Zones


Choose the time zone from the list that you are in and then click on Ok.

This is the most important step:
Hardware Clock
By default, this is set to "yes".


You need to click on No here, so that Mandrake doesn't adjust your clock all the time.

You will be returned now to the main DrakClock screen, so click on OK and you're done.

Hope this helps someone!


© D. Olson 2001-2003 -- Originally found on The Mandrake eXPerience