Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method

[Steve Grubb]

On Wednesday 30 January 2008 09:30:05 Hans de Goede wrote:
> Deji Akingunola wrote:
> >> I'm running an up to date rawhide machine. This message shows up
> >> everytime I boot and my system time is always way off. Its been like
> >> this for over a month. I figured somebody else would notice this and
> >> report it or fix it. This is the full message:
> >>
> >> Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
> >> Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access
> >> method.
> >>
> >> This occurs during boot. I have no idea where this is coming from. When
> >> I'm at the command prompt, /dev/rtc exists. Any one else running x86_64
> >> rawhide notice this, too?
> >
> > Yes,
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409551
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290731
>
> 2 bugs, which as one can see I've been quite active in lately. Even
> offering a proof of concept fix, yet sofar it has been very silent around
> them.
>
> I hope that this mailinglist thread will get some attention to this bug.
>
> Short story:

Thanks for the info. I joined the bug. This bug makes rawhide hard to use for 
development work because autotools complains about the timestamp being in the 
future. Some things also refuse to build.

-Steve