After going through the rc.sysinit and the init.d/halt scripts (that's the ones that call hwclock on boot and shutdown), it looks like adding the line CLOCKFLAGS="--directisa" is the right way of fixing this problem. If I am wrong, let me know... MARK > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Arnold > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 1:22 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: RE: Hwclock error - "select() ... timed out" > > > A quick update: > I got hwclock to work by using the "--directisa" parameter. > Must be related to the mainboard/BIOS of the various Dell > systems. I talked to a support guy and he confirmed that > different PowerEdge systems have totally different BIOSes and > mainboards. Although he has not heard of my problem before... > > Now the last question: When I shut down the system it tries > to sync the system time into the hardware clock and it gets > the exact same error. How do I tell this process to use the > "--directisa" parameter? Is there a config file or do I have > to modify the respective file in etc/init.d directly? > > Thanks, > > MARK > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark > > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:04 PM > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Hwclock error - "select() ... timed out" > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a new Dell PowerEdge 2650 and installed FC3. I update > > the time against an ntp server. After rebooting, the time was > > a few hours back. I resynched against the ntp server and > > tried to do a "/sbin/hwclock --systohc", which gave me the > > following error: > > > > select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out > > > > What causes this? I don't think it's a hardware problem since > > the same thing happens an several machines that are all new... > > > > Hwclock --show gives me the same error... > > > > Thanks, > > > > MARK > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >
