Hwclock error - "select() ... timed out"

Rick Stevens rstevens at vitalstream.com
Mon Apr 25 20:46:05 UTC 2005


Mark wrote:
> A quick update:
> I got hwclock to work by using the "--directisa" parameter.
> Must be related to the mainboard/BIOS of the various Dell systems. I talked to a support guy and he confirmed that different
> PowerEdge systems have totally different BIOSes and mainboards. Although he has not heard of my problem before...
> 
> Now the last question: When I shut down the system it tries to sync the system time into the hardware clock and it gets the exact
> same error. How do I tell this process to use the "--directisa" parameter? Is there a config file or do I have to modify the
> respective file in etc/init.d directly?

Add a

	CLOCKFLAGS=--directisa

line to the /etc/sysconfig/clock file.  Look at /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt at
around line 115 to see how that works.
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