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Flisk . wrote: |
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> Hi folks, |
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> Here where I work we received a G4 computer and I started to install |
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> a Gentoo 2006.0. The computer is a G4 2 CPU's 512MB of memory 2 HD, I |
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> started to install Gentoo 2006.0 from stage 1 and everything gone well. |
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> I installed with cpu flag as G4 and O2. |
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> But when the computer restarted a problem appeared with hwclock, |
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> when I execute the hwclock an error appear. The error is something like: |
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> "select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out" and the date in |
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> Linux stay 1970, the bios time is correctly because when I boot the |
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> Gento CD the hwclock work perfectly. I already recompiled the kernel |
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> with many options but nothing solve the problem. |
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> I believe that the problem is with some kernel option that I forgot |
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> or some patch, because in the Gentoo CD the hwclock works perfectly. |
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> What kernel option or patch can be solve the problem? Hints? |
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> Best regards. |
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> |
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> Fernando Simon |
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> Brazil |
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Make sure that you have enabled the RTC Emulation options in your kernel |
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as described in this forum post: |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374360-highlight-hwclock.html |
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-Joe |
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