On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 09:46:59AM -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 11:45 +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:45:44AM -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > <snip>> > > I'm having a problem with errors about being able to access rtc no > > > > > matter how I compile the kernel so I'm assuming that is a mismatch > > > > > between kernel and userland tools. > > > > > > > > is the rtc driver for your hardware compiled in (or loaded)? > > > <snip> > > > Thanks, Herbert, but no need to troubleshoot this one (especially as I > > > now understand how strapped the VServer team is). > > > > no problem, could you get me an 'ls -la /dev/rtc*' before > > you make the link? > > > > I presume it is an udev issue on your host system, the > > output probably would clarify that ... > > > <snip> > The box is tied up right now doing disk testing but here is the current > ls -la: > > [root@vd01 ~]# ls -la /dev/rtc* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 28 00:28 /dev/rtc -> /dev/rtc0 > crw------- 1 root root 254, 0 Feb 28 00:26 /dev/rtc0 > crw------- 1 root root 10, 135 Feb 28 00:26 /dev/rtc.orig here you see, completely different device nodes 254:0 vs 10:135 ... now check with /proc/devices what 10:135 is supposed to be ... 254 is rtc here where 10:x sounds more like misc (so I presume you udev rules are not up to date in respect to the kernel nodes) HTH, Herbert > Thanks - John > -- > John A. Sullivan III > Open Source Development Corporation > +1 207-985-7880 > jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com > > http://www.spiritualoutreach.com > Making Christianity intelligible to secular society