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conta - 17.05.2011, 16:34 Uhr
Titel: system settings and so

hi,

i can't use some options of system settings
eg when I try to change time i see: Unable to authenticate/execute the action: 4,
the same when i try to change time zone

thx, conta

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Tejas - 17.05.2011, 16:52 Uhr
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Time Zone change was also rejected on Live System.

eco2geek - 18.05.2011, 06:49 Uhr
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Try using "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" as root from the command line instead.

ETA: Or log in as root using "sux" and run "kcmshell4 clock".

Kano - 18.05.2011, 11:45 Uhr
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You can also change UTC in /etc/default/rcS. After you configured your timezone + utc setting run

fix-time

in a console and it will get the time from the internet.

conta - 18.05.2011, 12:23 Uhr
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thanks guys, i know about those options, but that's not my point in here

what i mean is [in general] that people use KDE because they dont wanna use command line
and it's not about time only, i can't also edit KDM and so.

eg. Date settings say that I will be asked to authentificate, but i am not, instead i got error i wrote upper

solution should not be to use command line, but fix the trouble with authentification ;]
maybe it's KDE problem, i dont know

Kano - 18.05.2011, 12:35 Uhr
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I would definitely avoid to use kde settings for time/date settings. Basically it only needs to write /etc/timezone, but it will not appear in the debconf database that way without dpkg-reconfigure.

Tejas - 18.05.2011, 12:51 Uhr
Titel: Live System

Live System

eco2geek hat folgendes geschrieben::

Try using "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" as root from the command line

Zitat:

System Settings>Time Zone
Select zone; Apply
System Settings>Time
Confirm change
Close window
Discard changes to Module

Cmd line $date verification

Unfortunately Digital Display on bottom right still shows UTC
So, in 'K' menu: Search 'xclock' & Run it Winken

Kano - 18.05.2011, 17:17 Uhr
Titel: Live System

That does not change utc (bios time) to localtime. You need to change the /etc/default/rcS. Basically it is better to use utc with every os, for Win there are reg hacks, if you use os x on the same pc then you definitely have to store the time as utc. When you dont store the time as utc then the time is always changed as soon as you boot win (twice a year).

TheOne - 18.05.2011, 21:04 Uhr
Titel: Live System

@conta: some settings in KDE's systemsettings can be changed by root users only, like KDM settings - if you want to change them use

Code:

kdesu systemsettings

in KDE 4.4.5 the button to become root from the GUI is not implemented (i think it is in 4.5+, iirc)

Regards, TheOne

Tejas - 19.05.2011, 14:08 Uhr
Titel: Re: Live System

Doesn't work: Frage

Code:

kanotix@Kanotix:~$ kdesu systemsettings 

bash: kdesu: command not found

root@Kanotix:/home/kanotix# kdesu systemsettings 

bash: kdesu: command not found

Kano hat folgendes geschrieben::

That does not change utc (bios time) to localtime. You need to change the /etc/default/rcS.

I'm not too worried about bios time, it can stay as it is. I just wish to change the time shown on the display at the bottom bar, so as not to lose track of time by being misled by the display and losing 2 hours Weinen

Kano - 19.05.2011, 14:31 Uhr
Titel: Re: Live System

kdesu is not in the normal path, only when you use alt+f2. But whats wrong using the correct console tools?

Tejas - 20.05.2011, 01:08 Uhr
Titel: Re: Live System

Kano hat folgendes geschrieben::

kdesu is not in the normal path, only when you use alt+f2. But whats wrong using the correct console tools?

Because none of them seem to be having any effect in changing the time display on the bottom tool bar panel.

Anyway the best workaround I've found so far is to use 'tzselect' to obtain the appropriate tz value for kernel parameter 'timezone' as a one-off grub edit in conjunction with 'persistent'. thus:

Code:

kernel          /hx/vmlinuz fromiso=/dev/sda5/hx/kanotix-2.6.38rc6.iso boot=live config utc=yes locales=us quiet gfx=on persistent [timezone=America/Los_Angeles]

Kano - 20.05.2011, 08:37 Uhr
Titel: Re: Live System

Better use utc=no in your example. The command i told you are for a real hd install and NOT for persistent mode which is configured by the extra options you can use.