[pkg-ntp-maintainers] first ntpdate crashes X

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 01:14:50AM +0100, N. de Jonge wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just made a fresh etch install (everything default) and I noticed the
> system clock was 1 hour ahead of my timezone, so I installed ntpdate and
> ran: # ntpdate ntp.xs4all.nl
> The time went from 00:04 to 23:04, from Sunday to Saturday. When I
> pressed the Enter key, something happened that I remember also happened
> when I installed Debian several months ago and ran the same command as
> mentioned above: X crashed.
> Maybe there is a program or daemon relying on the time, like the the
> default Gnome clock (v2.14.3) that's shown by default, that somehow
> crashes X?
> ntpdate only crashes X once, I can now run it without problems.

Some applications have a problem when you change the time back, so you
want to set the time as early as possible in your boot process.

I suggest you file a bug against the package that is causing this.

I've heard some people suggest that it's gdm.


Kurt