After booting the system clock is set wrong

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.1
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Symptom:

All settings regarding the system clock are set correctly. But the clock does get set incorrectly at every system boot. (There is no general rule about how much the time is differing because this depends on your timezone.)

Cause:

You have used a separate partition for /usr.
To set the system clock correctly, some files from /usr/lib/ are needed. Due to an error in a boot script these are not yet available when the system clock gets set.

Solution:

Install the following update using YaST or YaST2:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/a1/aaa_base.rpm

In some cases (e.g. clock running at wrong speed) you have to delete the file /etc/adjtime.

Starting from the next boot of the system the time should get set correctly.
Keywords: BOOT, START, SYSTEM CLOCK, WRONG, TIME, CMOS CLOCK

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