My curiosity gets the better of me....

start debug, date gives NY, login as root, date still gives NY. login as yazdzik, but use root terminal, date gives Wien, thus explaining why the admin mode of kcontrol does so, as it is using a different tty, so to speak.

So, now we know:

1. debug mode, date is always correct, NY 2. whether debug or normal grml boot, gdm always gives correct date reading when logged in as root or user 3. in X(gdm) su to root in zsh gives date as Wien, not NY, as does gksu terminal, as does kcontrol as root (or switching to admin mode via gui in kcontrol), irrespective of desktop(kde, gnome, flux) 4. logging into kde from gdm as root, kcontrol gives correct reading, NY 5. kdm always gives wrong date reading - at reboot, bios is reset to CEST, so next boot is six hours ahead of NY time. Note well, not to GMT, but CEST!!!

So, all relevant information is there - what causes this and how do we remedy it?

An ashamed and sorry Martin begs for patience and forbearance. (duldsam comes out weird in English ;) )

Any ideas at all?

-M