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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-12-26 12:34:36 (EST)
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so it makes sense to document them here instead. More questions and answers will be added here,
as time goes by. <a href="../">Back to home page</a>
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+ <h2>Important issues</h2>
+ <ul class="c">
+ <li><a href="#epochfail">My computer thinks it's 1970-01-01. How do I fix this?</a></li>
+ </ul>
<h2>Hardware compatibility</h2>
<ul class="c">
<li><a href="#compatibility">What systems are compatible with libreboot?</a></li>
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+ <h1>Important issues</h1>
+ <h2 id="epochfail">My computer thinks it's 1970-01-01 <span class="r"><a href="#epochfail">#epochfail</a></span></h2>
+ <p>
+ <strong>sudo hwclock -w</strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The hardware clock may have been reset,
+ if the NVRAM battery was removed for some reason.
+ Use the above command in GNU/Linux, assuming that you've set the system time accurately.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a>
+ </p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div>
<h1>Hardware compatibility</h1>
<h2 id="compatibility">What systems are compatible with libreboot? <span class="r"><a href="#compatibility">#compatibility</a></span></h2>