7 hour Time change after starting X

[Bob Cober]

Here is a strange problem.  I am running RH7.1 on a laptop, and have been having problems with my system clock.  It seems everytime I start X, the clock jumps back 7 hours.

I can set the clock in the bios, reboot, login, and run date and everything is fine.  I can shutdown.  Disconnect power and wait a few hours, then loging and everything is fine.  As soon as I run startx though, the time goes back 7 hours.

Does anyone have any ideas on what might cause this.  I am about to blow away everything and install RH7.2 for other reasons...(mainly I am purging win2k entirely off the box  :)), but I am completely puzzled by this.

I am running a fairly recent version of GNOME...


Thanks for any help
Bob