Set the Time permanently [hardware issue?]

[Member andfree]

Hi. The clock on the tray shows the wrong time (5 hours earlier). I correct it via Control Centre -> System -> Set Date and Time -> “Use Internet Time Server to set automatically date/time”, but, after (min-) Icewm restarts, the clock shows again the wrong time. How can I correct it permanently?

System:
  Host: presario Kernel: 4.4.212-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc 
  v: 8.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5 
  Distro: antiX-19.2.1_386-base Hannie Schaft 29 March 2020 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: Presario 2100 v: KE.M1.54 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 002A v: NS570 Version PQ1A74 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: Phoenix v: KE.M1.54 date: 12/17/20022 
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: Mobile Intel Celeron bits: 32 type: MCP 
  arch: Netburst Northwood rev: 7 L2 cache: 256 KiB 
  flags: pae sse sse2 bogomips: 3190 
  Speed: 1595 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 1595 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RS200M [Radeon IGP 330M/340M/345M/350M] 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:05.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: ULi M5451 PCI AC-Link Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_ali5451 v: kernel bus ID: 00:06.0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.4.212-antix.1-486-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: ULi M7101 Power Management [PMU] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  type: network bridge driver: ali1535_smbus v: N/A port: 2000 
  bus ID: 00:11.0 
  Device-2: National DP83815 Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: natsemi v: kernel port: 2400 bus ID: 00:12.0 
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 55.89 GiB used: 5.62 GiB (10.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK6025GAS size: 55.89 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 52.76 GiB used: 5.61 GiB (10.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 1.9 MiB (0.1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 135 Uptime: 34m Memory: 432.6 MiB used: 298.4 MiB (69.0%) 
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 
  inxi: 3.0.36

• This topic was modified 3 years ago by andfree.
• This topic was modified 3 years ago by andfree.

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Have you tried any other options eg first and third in that list?
Also, you could try right-click on the taskbar clock and select UTC

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[Member andfree]

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The first option (“Set Current Time”) seems to have worked. Many thanks (once again).

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[Member andfree]

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Unfortunately, it seems that computer loses time. I fix the BIOS Time, but the next day it’s again wrong. I’m afraid it’s a CMOS battery issue.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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When the time fluctuates the first thing I do is install or reinstall the time daemon program ntp.

It starts the time daemon.
Then I adjust any timezones settings as needed. This will correct any clock drift.

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Brian Masinick

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If the timezone in “Set Date and Time” was set correctly and you choose “Use Internet Time Server to set automatically date/time”, then ntp service will automatically set the correct time in about 2-4 minutes after system load, despite of your computer system clock. Of course if ntp service is up. I tested this during two weeks before I could change dead CMOS battery.

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