Re: nforce4 hardware: disappeared rtc device (solved)

[Håkan Stefansson <ste@algonet.se>]

Frederik Schueler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 03:50:54PM +0200, Håkan Stefansson wrote:
>
> > The problem is that the system time was not correctly set up at boot and 
> > there is no /dev/rtc device file. hwclock --hctosys complains about that 
> > and refuses to set the system clock.
>
>  
> you presumably need to add genrtc (or rtc, if your booard supports it) 
> to /etc/modules.
>
>
> > If I manually create the device file (mknod rtc c 10 135), then hwclock 
> > --hctosys works and sets the time correctly. Now, if I reboot the 
> > system, the problem is back and the /dev/rtc I created has disappeared!
>
>
> sounds like you have udev installed :-) loading the module creates the
> device.

I added rtc to /etc/modules and rebooted. That solved the problem.
Thanks!

Håkan Stedfansson

> HTH
> Frederik Schueler