Real Time Clock(RTC) problem

gongcon · 01-04-2005, 10:59 PM

I want to disable the rtc module/driver when the system boot, since it will make my computer hangs on "acpi_power_off called" when shutdown. Now I delete the rtc.ko from the /lib/modules, and get the error message saying that the file is missing. It seems that someone calls the hwclock.sh at the boot time. Is there any way to disable it?

jrtayloriv · 01-04-2005, 11:09 PM

You need to remove the module's listing from "/etc/modules.autoload" and then run "modules-update".

the autoload file might have a different name on your system, but you will probably find it with a

find /etc | grep autoload

hope this helps,
jrtayloriv

gongcon · 01-05-2005, 07:59 PM

Thanks for your reply.

1. There's no file named *.autoload
My system is Debian SID, kernel 2.6.8.

2. There's no a command modules-update.

jrtayloriv · 01-05-2005, 11:14 PM

Forgive me, it seems that with debian, the file is simply, /etc/modules, so you can remove it from there.

sorry about the confusion,
jrtayloriv

gongcon · 01-06-2005, 02:19 PM

There's nothing in the file /etc/modules
I also removed the line:
alias char-major-10-135 rtc
in the file /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modutils/arch/i386.
However, this has no help for preventing the rtc module loading at boot time.
Probably there's some other functions are using this module. Any idea? Sorry for bothering you again.

gongcon · 01-06-2005, 05:40 PM

I finally got it worked. The problem is after I modified the file /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modutils/arch/i386, I must run the update-modules to get it be effective. The command is update-modules , not modules-update

jrtayloriv · 01-06-2005, 09:36 PM

sorry, running gentoo here and on mine it is modules-update. didn't mean to confuse ya

. Anyway glad you got everything working...

jrtayloriv