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gfp

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Registered: 2025-12-02

Posts: 65  

GENUEN time does not change

Hi,
thanks for all all your work, I enjoy GNU linux libre.

every time I log into Genuen XFCE
the time stays at the last login.

So at first after login
I have to set the time with:

sudo date --set "2026-06-06 3:44"

here is an old time mentioned.

After that I can update and upgrade with:
sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade

2nd question:
Are there besides XFCE also other desktops in Genuen available?

thanks for help

Gottfried

gfp

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Registered: 2025-12-02

Posts: 65  

Re: GENUEN time does not change

Sorry I forgot
I have to set the date and the time.

aitor

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From: basque country

Registered: 2016-12-03

Posts: 319  

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Re: GENUEN time does not change

# hwclock --set --date "2026-06-06 3:44"
# date --set "2026-06-06 3:44"

every time I log into Genuen XFCE
the time stays at the last login.

fake-hwclock is a service designed for boards that do not have a battery or a real hardware clock (such as the Raspberry Pi). What it does is save the time to a text file when the system is shut down and restore exactly that same time when it is switched on. Therefore, I guess that this is causing a conflict with the real clock and freezing the system in the past. I'll try to fix this issue..., maybe disabling fake-hwclock and moving hwclock.sh from the sysinit runlevel to the boot runlevel.

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