Re: {persistence,date} problems

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:06:35 +0200
Nils Faerber <nils@kernelconcepts.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 07:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
> sorin <s_gherman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Most of them _should_ be, yes...
>
> > 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.
>
I automatically set the year to 2002 if it is < 2002.

> > 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.
>
> Bug in gpe-config, yes.
this might be because ipkg doesnt store suid bit.
gpe-conf_0.0.4-1 set the suid bit in postinst.

>
> > 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.
typicaly suid bug upgrade gpe-conf or laucnh it as root.

Pierre
Received on Tue Sep 17 17:12:40 2002