Looking at the hwclock docs, I suppose this is unsightly but harmless?: # grep rtc /var/log/boot Sat Jan 14 00:38:28 2006: Setting the system clock:modprobe: WARNING: Error inserting genrtc (/lib/modules/2.6.14-2-k7/kernel/drivers/char/genrtc.ko): Device or resource busy Sat Jan 14 00:39:21 2006: rtc: loaded successfully Odd how hotplug[?] has a more cheery message?