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mjg · Posted: Thu 29 Sep 2005, 06:25 Post subject: Flickering clock (not swearing)

I've got a bizarre problem with my clock in Puppy 1.05.

It flickers between 12 hour time and 24 hour time. They're both accurate, thank goodness, but it's irritating.

I had correct time zone at installation. Can't say I noticed after that, then there was a power cut. After I got going again the time was flickering.

The time is fine in Windows and Kanotix on my hard drive. How can I adjust it to 12 or 24 hour time, one or the other?

Lobster · Posted: Thu 29 Sep 2005, 06:49 Post subject:

Wait till you to try inventing a time machine - then time becomes very strange . . .
http://peace.wikicities.com/wiki/Sept_2005

Smile

however - yes I have noticed something similar . . . at 3AM it is sometimes the previous day then later on (before 12AM it becomes the right day maybe) I know Barry recently updated the time feature in 1.0.5, so gonna spend some time [ahem . . .] with that to find out if corrected . . .

mjg · Posted: Thu 29 Sep 2005, 06:56 Post subject:

Spukhafte Fernwirkungen sounds as insulting as flickering clock Smile

if said too quickly.

mjg · Posted: Fri 30 Sep 2005, 19:49 Post subject:

I still have the clock behaving erratically. I use IceWM. When I went to bed last night the clock was flashing between 12-hour time (no seconds) and 24-hour time with seconds.

This morning it shows 12-hour time with flashing seconds!

Is there any way to control how the time is displayed?

MU · Posted: Fri 30 Sep 2005, 19:53 Post subject:

Have a look at /root/.icewm/themes

Some themes have a subfolder where the clock is customized.

You could copy a working clock to your preferred theme.

Mark