Ken,
Makes complete sense, even though I can connect it to the internet I don't purely to keep the system setup to take to remote sites. As part of my work flow I change the location and time in kstars after bootup. Yesterday I was trialing with GPS simulator and that could have stuffed up the clock settings.
I have got a gps dongle on its way so that should fix the problem in the future. Alright, I feel so close to getting this setup running good... thanks heaps for your help.