Re: /sbin/clock not ticking
Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au> writes:
> I don't know what /dev/rtc is, but it seems that on my brother's computer
> it can't be opened. It seems that this in turn allows clock to work.
Most likely it can't be opened because that device was not compiled
into his kernel, but it was into yours.
> The strange thing is that /dev/rtc does in fact exist on my brother's
> computer (and on mine).
Whether or not the device exists in the kernel has nothing to do with
whether or not the device file exists on disk. For example, if I
compiled a kernel without sound support, the file /dev/audio might
still exist, but if I tried to open it, the open would fail.
As to why having rtc in the kernel would cause clock to fail, I have
no clue.
--
Rob
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