Re: Freeguide 1 hour out

On Tuesday 18 Sep 2012 08:57:48 Andy Balaam wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:31:19 +0100
> 
> Mark Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This isn't really an xmltv question, but I can't think of anywhere
> > else to ask it.
> 
> How about the freeguide users' mailing list?  (cc'd)

Last time I subscribed to that list, it was full of spam.
 
> > I'm running FreeGuide 0.11 on Kubuntu 12.04 and have recently noticed
> > that it is an hour out - it is now 3.30pm, but FreeGuide thinks it is
> > only 2.30. I have tried the .freeguiderc hack mentioned here:
> > http://www.artificialworlds.net/freeguide/FAQ/ChangeTimeZone
> > without any success.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any other ideas?
> 
> If FreeGuide scrolls to the wrong time when you click "Go to Now" you
> need the -Duser.timezone=YOUR_TIMEZONE setting.  What happens when you
> do this?  Does FreeGuide change its mind about what time it is?

It scrolls to the wrong time if I click on "go to now" and I've tried adding -
FREEGUIDE_OPTS="-Duser.timezone=Europe/London" to .freeguiderc, but nothing 
changes.

> If not, the setting must not be getting through somehow.  It would be
> worth running FreeGuide from the command line and making sure the
> syntax is correct.

If I run it from the command line, it doesn't show any information at all.
> 
> If FreeGuide scrolls to the right time, but the programmes are shown at
> the wrong time, you may need to set the TZ environment variable.

 
> Let us know which problem you are seeing.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andy

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