Unable to access gnome. Backtime issue.

[indypende]

I can't access the gnome session in ubuntu (Ubuntu Dapper PPC on powerbook G4) for a bonobo-activation-server fail! I discover that this problem is generated by the time and date that are before the date and time of last reboot/shutdown. This appear when i boot the PB without a network connection. I googled a little beat and find that a problem affect the /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh and clock commands. I try resolving and i see that on /dev there's not a rtc "file" needed to sync the clock.

All i made to solve is:
create the /dev/rtc lynking /dev/.static/dev/rtc
# sudo ln -s /dev/.static/dev/rtc /dev/rtc
with a network connection sync the clock
# sudo /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh restart
and then
#sudo clock

This temporary solve until i unplug the battery of PB. No one can help me?

[Charlie Barnes (charliebarnes)]

I am experiencing the same:

If you “forget” to put the battery back in after you have unplugged the iBook the hardware clock gets reset. This isn’t too much of a problem in MacOSX: it pops up a “your time is wrong” dialog. However in Ubuntu numerous error messages appear at login:

"Nautilus can't be used right now, due to an unexpected error."

and

"Settings dameon restarted to many times"

and

"IDL:omg.org/Corba/comm.failure"

etc.

Resetting the date and time via MacOSX (or in Ubuntu) solved the problem for me.

Perhaps a dialog at boot ala MacOSX?

[indypende (indypende-deactivatedaccount)]

i have not Mac OS X...
a dialog at boot was a really nice solution...
no one have others ideas?