Re: VMWare and /dev/rtc

On Friday 14 May 2004 09:27, you wrote:
> Before you recompile, maybe mdk compiled it as a module. `modprobe rtc`
> And if ou do have to recompile an mdk kernel, good luck.
>

Bryce,

Hey, that worked like a charm! Couldn't believe it could be so easy! Why
doesn't VMWare mention this in their troubleshooting notes? Or did I miss
that? Now I just have to get the DGA graphics extensions working. (I
believe there must be support for that, because in my XF86Config-4 file,
there is a like that says "Option omit xfree86-dga" , which has been
commented out.) Anyway, muchas gracias!

Vaughn

P.s. I have recompiled an mdk kernel before; that's why I wanted to avoid it
again if possible. :-)


> On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 20:38, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > Hello:
> > Here's one that's been driving me crazy. I installed VMWare on a
> > Mandrake machine (Mandrake 8, actually, couldn't get it working on the
> > newer Mandrake.) It runs horribly because it can't see the real-time
> > clock (/dev/rtc.) Actually it says this device doesn't exist, but I can
> > see in the /dev directory that the /dev/rtc file DOES exist. I'm
> > starting vmware as root so it shouldn't be a permission problem. I've
> > been googling this to no avail. Somebody posted something about needing
> > to recompile the kernel (ugh!) is that really true? (I can do it, I just
> > hate doing it, that's all.) Why the heck would anyone in their right mind
> > omit rtc support from a default version of a kernel?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vaughn Treude
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