On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 10:27:07AM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > Philipp Lehman posts: > > > is that for "real time clock"? Do I need kernel support > > for that? > > Yes, it is. You need to compile 'rtc support' either into > the kernel or as a module. > > > > Can I safely change the alias to "off"? > > Go ahead, you can switch it off. Usually a normal 'joe' > user does not require 'rtc support'. Do not forget to run > 'update-modules' after your change it in your > /etc/modutils/aliases, so that it re-generates a new > modules.conf file. hwclock uses it to update the hardware clock, this is done at shutdown to keep the clocks syncronized. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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