Re: Problem accessing RTC on QNAP TS-209
On Oct 13, 4:40 pm, "Neil Homan" <neilho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI All,
> I'm having a problems with the Real Time Clock on my QNAP TS-209 pro II.
> /sbin/hwclock --systohc --localtime hangs the system for approx 15 mins
> before timing out on both boot/shutdown.
>
> I experience the same problem with hwclock with the --directisa switch. I
> found that other users on ubuntu solved the above problem using that switch.
>
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>
> Any idea on this?
> Have i simply got a hardware problem or am i missing something really
> obvious??
> There is something posted in this bug report about setting ACPI to off in
> the kernel boot parameters.http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=277298
> But i'm reluctant to do this, mostly because I don' know how just yet, but
> also because no other users have reported this problem on this architecture
> afaik.
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments/help.
> -Neil
Just a note that I removed & re-seated the cmos battery. This did not
solve the problem.
This problem has been present since i flashed the Debian installer.
Would installing a newer image make a difference?
From: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/armel/images/daily/orion5x/netboot/qnap/ts-209/
(I will need to get my hand on a terrabyte disk to back up my existing
install first).
Sorry for the long posts guys - anyone any ideas?
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