Subject: Re: RTC fails
To: Christopher Schultz <chris@christopherschultz.net>
From: Frithjof Kurtz <mail@frithjof-kurtz.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 12/09/2005 23:51:47
Christopher Schultz wrote:
>>sorry to bother you with such a trivial question, on startup of my qube
>>i get this:
>>
>>[...]
>>13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
>>Set RTC to correct date
>>07:52
>>07:52
>>16.RTC Test..............................**FAIL**
>>
>>I already replaced the battery, alas with no success. Any idea, what's
>>wrong with my qube?
> 
> 
> Perhaps your battery replacement requires a reset of the clock in order
> for the test to fail. Will the qube boot? I think there's a utility that
> will set the hardware clock to the current OS clock, or maybe even set
> it directly.
> 
> Try that and reboot to see if the RTC is okay, then.

Thanks Christopher,
yes the unit boots fine. Isn't there something like 'hwclock' in netbsd? 
'date' doesn't seem to do the job.

Regards, Frithjof