On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 15:05 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:

I am getting this error: hwclock --debug hwclock from util-linux-2.13-pre7 hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=16: Device or resource busy. No usable clock interface found. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. [root@devcentos5x64 src]# uname -a Linux devcentos5x64.msgnet.com 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 10:41:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

rpm -qa | grep util-linux util-linux-2.13-0.50.el5

I have this same package and have no instances of any error messages about hwclock. I'm scratching my head wondering why your message is from pre*.

Doesnt util-linux need an updated package to 2.15? If not why am I getting this error?

Jerry

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Jerry Geis wrote:

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/ I am getting this error:

/>/ hwclock --debug />/ hwclock from util-linux-2.13-pre7 />/ hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=16: Device or resource busy. / is something using /dev/rtc

grep through the output of lsof to see...

my shift key is screwed up again, damnit, need to restart x11.

nate

nate

lsof | grep rtc returned nothing.

Jerry