Re: hwclock is not working correctly on compaq 6510b, compaq presario c700

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

Op 16-12-2007 om 13:40 schreef Praveen A:
> Hi,
> I am not able to set clock on compaq 6510b and compaq presario c700
> model laptops.
> 
> $ sudo hwclock
> select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out
> The same error shows while booting up.

I seen that also on some hardware.
Adding the option `--directisa` did help for me.

> Fedora core 8 with 2.6.23 kernel was able to setup this correctly on 6510b.

Yes, the "error" is a combination of kernel and hardware.


Cheers
Geert Stappers