On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 15:18 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > : On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 01:36 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote: > : > As root, I just tried doing: `hwclock --show' for the first time on my > : > new Dell Precision 490 running F7 and it just hung. Cntl-C broke me out. > : > > : > I then tried `hwclock --show --debug' and got: > : > > : > hwclock from util-linux-2.13-pre7 > : > Using /dev/rtc interface to clock. > : > Last drift adjustment done at 1198717263 seconds after 1969 > : > Last calibration done at 1198717263 seconds after 1969 > : > Hardware clock is on UTC time > : > Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time. > : > Waiting for clock tick... > : > /dev/rtc does not have interrupt functions. > : > Waiting in loop for time from /dev/rtc to change > : > : Yout problem is (compared to my results) on the line /dev/rtc does not > : have interrupt function. > : The end of my output is as follows: > : > : --Hardware clock is on local time > : Assuming hardware clock is kept in local time. > : Waiting for clock tick... > : ...got clock tick > : Time read from Hardware Clock: 2007/12/27 08:00:14 > : Hw clock time : 2007/12/27 08:00:14 = 1198764014 seconds since 1969 > : Thu 27 Dec 2007 08:00:14 AM CST -0.605349 seconds > : > : I would then look at the characteristics of /dev/rtc for the answer. > : On my machine: > : [root@cyrus ~]# ls -l /dev/rtc > : crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 135 2007-12-27 01:37 /dev/rtc > > On my system: > > [root@medulla ~]# ls -l /dev/rtc > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 135 2007-12-26 17:04 /dev/rtc > > Would you post (or send me in private mail) the output of > uname -r please? > > Mine: > > [root@medulla ~]# uname -r > 2.6.23.8-34.fc7 Mine is: 2.6.23.8-34.fc7 So there the same. -- ======================================================================= It'll be a nice world if they ever get it finished. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx