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From: dealwisb@cognos.com (Brian de Alwis)
Subject: Re: Beginner's problems with 386BSD
Message-ID: <1992Jul26.232240.23004@cognos.com>
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
References: <712169547snx@rama.demon.co.uk> <1992Jul26.174358.29102@coe.montana.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:22:40 GMT
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In article <1992Jul26.174358.29102@coe.montana.edu> osynw@warp.mhd.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>In article <712169547snx@rama.demon.co.uk> steve@rama.demon.co.uk (Steve Entwistle) writes:
>>4) How do I configure the system for UK local time ? I tried symlinking
>> /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB-Eire, but this puts the clock
>> about 8 hours ahead.
>
>I wish someone could tell me how to get my clock correct too. I have tried
>various combinations of things, including re-linking the kernel with
>the correct offset in the config file [...]
Have you tried recompiling from scratch? (You may shudder, but make
can't check files that are dependent on compilation flags - of which
the offset is one!).
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+++BdA Brian de Alwis. Brain on loan to Cognos Inc, Ottawa, Ontario.
dealwisb@cognos.com, or bsdealwi@napier.{waterloo.edu,uwaterloo.ca}
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