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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index 4ead89f8..c31cea6a 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -58,34 +58,30 @@ Generic options:
/etc/sysconfig/clock:
+ Current releases use the third parameter in the /etc/adjtime
+ file (either 'UTC' or 'LOCAL') to determine whether the hwclock
+ is in UTC or localtime.
+
+ ZONE="filename" indicates the zonefile under /usr/share/zoneinfo
+ that /etc/localtime is a copy of, for example:
+ ZONE="US/Eastern"
+
deprecated values from earlier releases:
CLOCKMODE=GMT indicates that the clock is set to UTC
CLOCKMODE=ARC on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
42-year time offset is in effect
-
- currently correct values:
-
UTC=true,yes
Indicates that the hardware clock is set to UTC.
UTC=no,false
Indicates that the hardware clock is set to Local Time.
-
- Not having UTC set defaults to the last used (if recorded
- in the adjtime file), or to localtime, if not adjtime file
- exists.
-
ARC=true on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
42-year time offset is in effect; otherwise the normal
Unix epoch is assumed.
SRM=true on alpha only indicates the SRM 1900 epoch is in
effect; otherwise the normal Unix epoch is assumed.
-
- ZONE="filename" indicates the zonefile under /usr/share/zoneinfo
- that /etc/localtime is a copy of, for example:
- ZONE="US/Eastern"
-
+
/etc/sysconfig/desktop:
DESKTOP=GNOME|KDE
This determines the default desktop for new users.