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Re: date is 1934 on reboot



On  24 Oct, this message from Segher Boessenkool echoed through cyberspace:
>> My TiBook relativeléy often resets the time to 1904, which is also too
>> far off for ntp to correct it. I then need to manually adjust it, before
>> I can sync it with ntp.
>> 
>> It seems this happens every time the PMU gets reset, regardless of
>> battery availability. At least this TiBook _does_ have an internal bakup
>> battery (glued to the top cover together with the PMU, above the DVD
>> drive).
> 
> If the PMU gets reset that often, beacuse you press the little reset key
> at the back, the solution is easy: just don't do that.

I don't :-) I never ever touched that button...

>  There's hardly
> ever a reason to rest the PMU.  If your box crashes, you can also bring
> it down by keeping the power key pressed down for about 5 seconds; this
> will not reset the PMU, and so will keep your time intact.

No, for me the PMU got reset when something bad happened on
entering/leaving sleep.

Cheers

Michel

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