{persistence,date} problems

Shouldn't all settings (in calendar, todo, etc) be persistent between
sessions? I accidentally had my battery drained out and after a recharge
everything was wiped out :(( . I think they definitelly should be
persistent.

Even the date can be persistent, in the sense that after a complete restart
it will default to the last known date, not to the ancient Jan 1st, '70.

Second problem I had I think it's a also a "familiar" problem, not a only gpe
one. Actually there are several sub-problems:
1. (familiar problem, I guess): the standard linux date utility doesn't work
for me when I try to set the date. Even the obvious:
> date -s "`date`"
doesn't work, it complains about an invalid date format. I guess I am missing
something...

2. When I tried to set it manually using the gpe time _and_date applet, save,
and reopened the applet, the year has indeed changed, but not the month or
the day or the time.

3. Setting thinds up in the gpe time _and_date applet doesn't have any effect
on the system date: "date" shows still Jan 1st, '70.

Thanks,
/sorin gherman

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Received on Tue Sep 17 2002 - 14:58:28 EDT