Re: /dev/rtc unavailable

Ewan Mac Mahon <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Oct 2002 19:52:28 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 10:25:19AM -0500, Jim Bradley wrote:
> I'm getting an error message " The host high resolution timer device (/dev/rtc)
> is not currently available". How do I add the high resolution timer device?
>
Who's giving you the message? Does /dev/rtc actually exist? What are the
permissions on it? Did you turn CONFIG_RTC (aka Enhanced Real Time Clock 
Support) on when you built your kernel?

Ewan