Bug 811924

Summary:	gnome-base/gnome-control-center: can't set time zone
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Adam <adam.pimentel46>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info

Description Adam 2021-09-07 02:42:54 UTC

When I run the "date" command on the terminal, it shows the correct date, time and time zone (ADT). However in gnome 40, the time at the top of the screen is in the wrong time zone (UTC-0). I tried to fix this in gnome-control-center, but when I click the anywhere on time-zone map, it shows the correct time zone for that location for a split-second, then switches it to UTC-0 (anywhere I click on the map).

Comment 1 Adam 2021-09-07 02:43:45 UTC

I should mention that I've installed gnome-base/gnome-light, not the full gnome-base/gnome

Comment 2 Adam 2021-09-07 02:49:58 UTC

interestingly, it works when I run gnome-control-center as root (with sudo), but it isn't applied to my normal user. So it is probably something to do with permissions

Comment 3 Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev

2021-09-07 10:41:21 UTC

Missing emerge --info, primarily don't know if this is systemd (localed) or openrc (openrc-settingsd)

Comment 4 Adam 2021-09-08 01:11:33 UTC

(In reply to Mart Raudsepp from comment #3)
> Missing emerge --info, primarily don't know if this is systemd (localed) or
> openrc (openrc-settingsd)

Sorry. It's openrc.

Comment 5 Adam 2021-09-08 01:11:58 UTC

Created attachment 738097 [details]
emerge --info

Comment 6 Adam 2021-10-11 20:13:13 UTC

the problem was bad permissions on /etc/timezone. doing "sudo ls -l /etc/timezone" returned "-rw------- 1 root root 16 Sep 15 14:16 /etc/timezone", so I just used chmod to give myself read permissions.

Comment 7 Adam 2021-10-11 20:15:46 UTC

I don't know why my /etc/timezone had weird permissions, but I think this was a system-specific issue.