DST and Linux oddities

djberg96 on 2003-04-06T19:56:29

This morning, while in Linux, I set the clock ahead an hour for DST. Suddenly, things started acting weird.

Window scrolling didn't work right any more - it became jerky. Also, some windows simply wouldn't move at all. Mozilla wouldn't start. Some windows wouldn't respond at all. Oh, and mpg123 wouldn't work properly.

Restarting X didn't work, either. I had to reboot the system. Ah, well. I guess a once a year reboot is something I can live with. :)

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Twice

bart on 2003-04-06T21:19:49

I expect you'll have the same effect when you switch back to Winter Time.

Doesn't your system automatically do this switch for you? Even Windows98 is that smart. ;-)

Re:Twice

djberg96 on 2003-04-07T16:31:07

You would think it would handle it automatically. I was rather surpised that it didn't, actually.

curious

zengargoyle on 2003-04-08T23:50:16

my linux boxes did the right thing all by themselves. the clock went from 1:59 to 3:00 with nary a hitch. do you dual-boot (and hence keep your hardware clock set to localtime vs GMT)?

Re:curious

djberg96 on 2003-04-09T03:21:32

Oh, that could be. I triple-boot actually - Linux, Win2k and BeOS. :)

Incorrect timezone?

waltman on 2003-04-11T03:19:27

You probably don't have your timezone set correctly. What does /etc/localtime point to?