KDE Time and Mouse Buttons

[Clinton MacDonald]

Ed:

Longman, Bill wrote:
>> 2) How do I change the time from the shell? (dmesg says the 
>> time is being set to UTC, but I had it set to EST.)
> 
> I can help you on this one, Ed. Just change your TZ.
> [...]
> export TZ=America/Los_Angeles

If you are lazy, as I am, login to KDE and right click on the time 
display in the lower right hand side of your panel. One of the choices 
will be to change the time, date, and time zone (you will be asked for 
your root password -- don't get me started about root passwords...).

> If all you want to do is *set* the date, well just read the date man page.
> Or try setting up ntp. It's much easier....

Terrasoft has a Web page that discusses setting the system time and the 
hardware time from an ntp server using the command line (recommended):

<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/clock.shtml>

Good luck!

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>