retitle 520763 hwclock: NVRAM flat battery sets date to 1904 severity important tags 520763 patch thanks This is a common problem on powerpc ibook's once the NVRAM battery goes flat. Apparently this has been discussed with upstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/23426/comments/18 Mark This patch is a quick hack, but you get the idea: --- hwclockfirst.sh.orig 2009-05-16 14:26:54.000000000 +1000 +++ hwclockfirst.sh 2009-05-16 14:23:11.000000000 +1000 @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ . /lib/lsb/init-functions verbose_log_action_msg() { [ "$VERBOSE" = no ] || log_action_msg "$@"; } + if `/sbin/hwclock | /bin/grep -q 1904`; then + log_warning_msg "NVRAM Battery Clock flat (date 1904)" + log_action_msg "Setting hwclock date to 2009-5-16" + hwclock --set --date 2009-5-16 + fi + [ "$GMT" = "-u" ] && UTC="yes" case "$UTC" in no|"") GMT="--localtime"
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