Kernel 2.4.22 locking up on boot......

[Ralph Crongeyer]

Thanks Terry.

I unselected the RTC and I'm recompiling now......

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 02:30 pm, Terry Chan wrote:
> The short answer: "don't do that".
>
> Why are you enabling the RTC in your kernel if you don't know what it is
> used for?

All I did was "clt & alt F1" then "init 3" "lunar" and selected "Module -> 
Update". I diden't even reconfigure the kernel. So that means that it was 
working on my 2.4.20 kernel, since it uses "oldconfig" before compiling the 
new kernel. 

>
> In your "make menuconfig" step of compiling your kernel (answer Yes to
> reconfigure optional in "lin linux") and under "Character device", choose
> "N" to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support".
>
> Finishe the kernel configuration and then your new kernel will NOT try to
> load the Real Time Clock Driver.
>
> The RTC works on most x86 motherboards that I've ever seen or used.

Yea, I know that I 've never seen this issue on this laptop before??

>
> Terry Chan
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 01:53:11PM -0500, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I did and update today and got the latest kernel 2.4.22. It compiles fine
> > but it locks up during the the initialization of the:
> > "Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e"
> >
> > What is it and how do I correct it??
> >
> > Ralph
>
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