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In csu.general Xylen <mctupper@holly.colostate.edu> wrote:
> But do I have to set it every single time my screensaver activates? In
> gnome I can reset the clock, although gnome complains about it. I was
> doing that for awhile, but it gets aggravating to have to set the clock
> everytime my screensaver kicks in. I'm hoping for something that will
> automatically update the clock, say every hour, to the correct time
> without my having to do it manually. I don't know what that command is,
> but I suppose I could put it in cron.hourly if I had to.

Short answer.. no, you shouldn't have to set the clock hourly.  But you
knew that.

Longer answer.. If you're on a real net connection (unlike me), you could
always use one of the atomic clock time clients to set it for you.

Alternative to fixing it.. You could always not use it..  :)  dpms will 
allow you to blank your screen or power it down if you'd like.
xset dpms standbyTime suspendTime offTime
spec'd in seconds of course...

Question.. Is it screwing with the software clock or the BIOS clock?
I know there is a semi-trivial way to check the BIOS clock (w/o rebooting
atleast) but I can't remember right now.  MDwyer knows it though.  What
screensaver stuff are you running?  X-Screensaver is what I remember you
saying.  All that I know is I've never had a problem with XScreensaver.

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