Description of problem: During startup/shutdown, I see the message: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Running manually with debug: # hwclock --debug hwclock from util-linux-ng 2.13.1 hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=2: No such file or directory. No usable clock interface found. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.26.5-22.fc8 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.Run hwclock 2. 3. Actual results: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Expected results: Getting/Setting the date/time from the hardware clock Additional info: I believe this is caused by the PPC kernel not having GEN_RTC configured: # grep -i rtc /boot/config-2.6.26.5-22.fc8 # CONFIG_GEN_RTC is not set # CONFIG_RTC_CLASS is not set As a result, the module cannot be loaded.
Same issue in kernel-2.6.26.5-28.fc8.
Same issue in kernel-2.6.26.6-39.fc8.
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Upgraded to Fedora 10, and the problem does not occur. Closing.