From 300de3069a0b60d76172231f84f87537e1ff8971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Nottingham Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:07:05 -0400 Subject: Adjust clock docs (#637058) --- sysconfig.txt | 22 +++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'sysconfig.txt') 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. -- cgit v1.2.1