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 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
