Setting the clock hangs Sun Blade 100

Setting the clock hangs Sun Blade 100

[Kent Tong]

Hi,

I'm running Debian Sarge on a Sun Blade 100. Everything
works fine except that I can't set the system clock
using the "date" command. Whenever I do that, the system
hangs completely and I have to turn off the power to
get it back to life.

All I want is to correct the time (it's about 30 minutes
too early). Is there any other way to do that?

Could this be related to
http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/Unofficial_Sun_Blade_100_FAQ.htm#file_76
?

Thanks!

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Kent Tong, Msc, MCSE, SCJP, CCSA, Delphi Certified
Manager of IT Dept, CPTTM
Authorized training for Borland, Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, RedFlag & RedHat

Re: Setting the clock hangs Sun Blade 100

[Kumba]

Kent Tong wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Debian Sarge on a Sun Blade 100. Everything
> works fine except that I can't set the system clock
> using the "date" command. Whenever I do that, the system
> hangs completely and I have to turn off the power to
> get it back to life.
> 
> All I want is to correct the time (it's about 30 minutes
> too early). Is there any other way to do that?
> 
> Could this be related to
> http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/Unofficial_Sun_Blade_100_FAQ.htm#file_76
> ?

Tried an NTP client to see if that also hangs the system?  And what's the 
specific kernel revision?


--Kumba


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Re: Setting the clock hangs Sun Blade 100

[Kent Tong]

Kumba wrote:
> Tried an NTP client to see if that also hangs the system?  

Thanks for the help! It works!

 > And what's the specific kernel revision?

2.6.8-2-sparc64

-- 
Kent Tong, Msc, MCSE, SCJP, CCSA, Delphi Certified
Manager of IT Dept, CPTTM
Authorized training for Borland, Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, RedFlag & RedHat