Before you recompile, maybe mdk compiled it as a module. `modprobe rtc`
And if ou do have to recompile an mdk kernel, good luck.
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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