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"Timezone reading failed" (solved)

Postby psyduck » Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:06 pm

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log file:


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when starting in terminal:
Code: Select all
fgfs
Now checking for plug-in osgPlugins-3.6.4/osgdb_nvtt.so
    0.42 [WARN]:general    Enabling ATI/AMD viewport hack
fgtzfile_read(): : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
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Re: "Timezone reading failed"

Postby wkitty42 » Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:59 pm

1. does that zone.tab file exist?
2. what timezone is your system set for?
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: "Timezone reading failed"

Postby psyduck » Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:17 pm

wkitty42 wrote in Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:59 pm:1. does that zone.tab file exist?


yes

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wkitty42 wrote in Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:59 pm:2. what timezone is your system set for?
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Re: "Timezone reading failed"

Postby wkitty42 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:42 pm

psyduck wrote in Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:17 pm:
wkitty42 wrote in Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:59 pm:1. does that zone.tab file exist?


yes

ok... and the answer to the second question?
wkitty42 wrote in Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:59 pm:2. what timezone is your system set for?


we should probably also mention that 2020.3.13 is the latest, too...
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: "Timezone reading failed"

Postby psyduck » Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:11 pm

wkitty42 wrote in Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:42 pm:ok... and the answer to the second question?


maybe the bios battery (cmos) is death.

ho, it seems there is problem with my system clock, at each reboot the time is not correct.



(30 mm later ) : tzselect solved the problèm. :D
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Re: "Timezone reading failed"

Postby wkitty42 » Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:33 am

psyduck wrote in Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:11 pm:(30 mm later ) : tzselect solved the problèm. :D

this is kind of what i was hinting at... glad you solved it :)
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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