Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.gcicommunications!news.posted.gcicommunications.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:30:50 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.os.linux.debian Subject: Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? References: <87tx2u0zit.fld@barrow.com> <87lho51tag.fld@barrow.com> <87y4s5edzg.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> <87h9yt1l0x.fld@barrow.com> <87ppdhe6od.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Organization: __________ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:30:48 -0800 Message-ID: <87d29h1ik7.fld@barrow.com> User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:pX4Mmb7OXa7Rnb6wEMfTq6QJonw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.237.125.254 X-Trace: sv3-b3NYb4NvgQEiGZwUqQv8c6pPppo3VmenUgoJRbbgYeqwNIhZhxCbs+GKH6BZiCMCw+UlrfrMU9FYfs2!BW2fSmBjNmMGRUtXV3nLZndKMyXinBBivyWR956KyEMqVkcDbALRpbs8CxCGl8u3D0C6Nhb1 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2289 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:12449 John Hasler wrote: >Floyd L. Davidson writes: >> The only way I know when the switch takes place is when I notice my >> computer is an hour different than my wall clock. > >I wrote: >> Same here with the BIOS clock set to UTC. So what is the advantage of >> setting it to local time and having to change it manually twice a year? > >Floyd L. Davidson writes: >> So why would anyone manually change it? > >If you don't it will only be on local time part of the year. I've had multiple systems set to local time since the early 90's. They all switch automatically. A cron job sets the time with ntpdate. Another cron job sets the hardware clock from the system clock. Both run once an hour. It's all automatic. The big problem is my wall clock... I have to manually set it. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com