Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 30 January 2008 10:17:06 am Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hans de Goede wrote:
> > Jarod Wilson wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 30 January 2008 09:40:20 am Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> >>> Le Mer 30 janvier 2008 15:05, Rex Dieter a écrit :
> >>>> yep, spot and I chatted about this @ FUDCon, his guess was that
> >>>> hwclock was
> >>>> running too early, possibly before udev had a chance to
> >>>> create /dev/rtc.  ??
> >>>
> >>> I think I don't have this message with my home-built mm kernels, so
> >>> it's probably a mistake in rawhide's kernel config (IIRC there are two
> >>> rtc stacks in the kernel now and you get this message if you build the
> >>> wrong one, or both)
> >>
> >> The new cmos rtc driver was getting built as a module, rather than
> >> staticly into the kernel. Chuck checked in fixes yesterday, so some
> >> forthcoming rawhide kernel should be all good.
> >
> > <BZZZZ> wrong,
>
> Erm
>
> I guess that sounds a bit more harsh then intented sorry. I always get a
> bit cranky when I take the time to thoroughly study and document a problem
> and others start making semi usefull comments without first reading the
> fine bug.

Heh, no problem. No, I didn't read the bug, but I also didn't throw out all 
the comments I should have... Bill was talking to Chuck about it, and the 
device node major/minor number issue was also discussed, and should be fixed 
in initscripts to go along with the fixed kernel.


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Jarod Wilson
jwilson at redhat.com