From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3325F138513 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:49:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C963221C0DC; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:49:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42E3821C081 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LvlH2-1Sqypg2Jyu-017uQP; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:49:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:49:27 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System won't boot if CMOS clock is slow Message-ID: <20130117154927.GI2656@server> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:YH0MXpZ187/Z9DyT2eqrkqoeJii+HdQgkX7cNW8ovmf kjFRC3A6wAaDmjgGyt0PO6X1j7cgg2TShFC0ZCYKtUtHsAxFvc MGqX4U3CHsjlhCI+tuoUVDlJKSvTKUwwBDuWeSULNB286SIOgv EmptU/IvfnmXAYxiyu4Z8wtd4qb1nFjHYXwyS91/niyPrR3WV0 1+P1U//c6eIj90nJUhC3Z+w1HQsonGk29T1F2Q5KkGAIvFRGRE fkzAZv5B9tONEOuUZA+CQlDokP7vJzC4Kd41K/rlimdizxulwQ ChEzO07mQ3/s5o9zq35sbyXyk6BYKI7Is4OjgS1H67uTPAxQpk nnZF9wU48cfG3pFD/KiM= X-Archives-Salt: deb67a71-0118-4302-9052-9ff6252f6df9 X-Archives-Hash: e2403e05cbaca6b8942e022a26323afb On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 04:43:16PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > I'm having problems with one of my Gentoo systems who's motherboard > clock is a little slow. When the system comes up, the system time is > set from the motherboard clock. If that's slow, something in the init > system seems to panic because some file or other has a timestamp in > the future. > > Just to make it extra convenient, it clears the console screen when > that happens so there's no actual record of what went wrong or which > component in th init process is failing. > > Going into the BIOS setup and setting the time ahead a minute or two > will allow the system to start up normally. > > Is there any way to disable this "feature"? One other thing no one mentioned, afaict. Check your kernel for RTC (Real Time Clock). The RTC is used to initialize the software clock at bootup. You'll probably need RTC_DRV_CMOS. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting