Description of problem: Installs for F18 Alpha do not respect the timezone configured in anaconda and run instead if EST/EDT timezone. > I believe timezone settings are okay, what problem do you see? If you run > 'date', what timezone does it display to you? And is '/etc/localtime' a valid > symlink to the timezone you have selected in the installation? If not, please > file a separate bug. date shows EDT time and localtime is symlink to US/Eastern. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F18 Alpha RC3 How reproducible: both under net and Live install Steps to Reproduce: 1. install F18 via Live image or net install, etc 2. in Anaconda set local timezone (in my case to Japan) 3. complete install and reboot (hop over kernel oops;) 4. boot and check time/zone Actual results: 4. machine timezone is EST/EDT not JST Expected results: 4. machine to be running with JST timezone.
Created attachment 613372 [details] anaconda.log Reproduced in a VM with a clean minimal install from the F18-Alpha-RC3 DVD. Snippet from anaconda.log: $ grep timezone anaconda.log 02:46:58,207 WARN anaconda: %s is not a valid timezone, falling back to default (America/New_York) 11:55:08,447 ERR anaconda: Error when symlinking timezone (from /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo): File exists /etc/localtime on installed system: $ cat typescript-1 Script started on Sun Sep 16 03:27:10 2012 [root@localhost tmp]# ls -lF /etc/localtime lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 32 Sep 15 22:49 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern [root@localhost tmp]# date Sun Sep 16 03:27:23 EDT 2012 [root@localhost tmp]# exit Script done on Sun Sep 16 03:27:25 2012 Command was: $ qemu-kvm -m 1024 -hda f18-test-2.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/F18/F18-Alpha/RC3/Fedora-18-Alpha-x86_64-DVD.iso -boot menu=on -vga qxl
(In reply to comment #1) > Created attachment 613372 [details] > anaconda.log > > Reproduced in a VM with a clean minimal install from the F18-Alpha-RC3 DVD. > > Snippet from anaconda.log: > > $ grep timezone anaconda.log > 02:46:58,207 WARN anaconda: %s is not a valid timezone, falling back to > default (America/New_York) > 11:55:08,447 ERR anaconda: Error when symlinking timezone (from > /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo): File exists Thanks for additional info. This is already fixed on master branch of the anaconda installer (commit b7c773056175b513a44788627dfcdd8c295269c2) but it was not included in alpha images. Please test this again with some post-alpha image.
Not working for me in anaconda-18.12 in F18 Beta TC2 Live.
What is /etc/localtime before and after firstboot? $ ls -lF /etc/localtime $ zdump /etc/localtime Bug 863676 - /etc/localtime link overwritten with incorrect timezone file during firstboot
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 863676 ***