[SOLVED] stellarium showing wrong objects positions

Question

just stellarium showing wrong things, like the location or time are wrong...
i discover stellarium long time ago but i barely uses it, some time ago i remember that i see the moon in it and looking outside i can see the moon too! it was awesome, lately i noticed that the objects that i see in the program, say the moon, the sun, are not in the correct "place" for example right now here in argentina time is 08:40am and i see the sun like it was near midday, and i can say that now the moon never shows where it needs to be
I've set localtime to UTC when i installed arch, but i remember one time setting it to localtime and back to UTC but not remember why, besides i dont know the diference...
here's my rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="America/Buenos Aires"
KEYMAP="es"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
MODULES=(r8169 slhc snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore kqemu loop)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
HOSTNAME="aleyscha"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#NET_PROFILES=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng iptables network netfs crond autofs fuse @fam @hal @alsa @clamav @avahi-daemon @gpm @sensors !postfix)
# End of file
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Last edited by leo2501 (2008-10-15 03:07:04)

Answer 1

Just in case: Did you set your location correctly in stellarium? I noticed that the new version (0.10) reseted the settings.
BTW. UTC is time in GMT (e.g. London, England) and localtime is time wherever you are (Argentila I guess). If your clock is set to localtime and settings are for UTC it could be cause of your problems.
Last edited by jase (2008-10-13 07:02:16)