Bug#402823: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686: Can't access /dev/rtc

[Michael Richters <merlin@gedankenlabs.org>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
Version: 2.6.18-8
Severity: normal


I have a Dell PowerEdge 860, and the current stock Debian kernels
cannot access /dev/rtc:

[root@geomancer:~]
# hwclock --show
select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out

This same error occurs when the system is booting.

I successfully used the Ubuntu 6.10 (desktop) kernel, booted from CD,
to set the system clock, so I know that it is not simply
malfunctioning hardware.


  --Mike


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)