For what it's worth, here is the result of "cat /proc/driver/rtc" on my system:
myt...@mythtv-ibex:~$ cat /proc/driver/rtc rtc_time : 00:03:51 rtc_date : 2009-01-22 alrm_time : 02:25:00 alrm_date : ****-**-** alarm_IRQ : no alrm_pending : no 24hr : yes periodic_IRQ : no update_IRQ : no HPET_emulated : yes DST_enable : no periodic_freq : 1024 batt_status : okay Fisslefink On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Erin Simonds <[email protected]>wrote: > Karel, > > I think in your "workaround" you have effectively tried the steps that my > script accomplishes (echo 0, echo time_t), and I'm sorry to hear that did > not work for you. It is possible that I got it working through some > additional trick, which I have now forgotten. I'll see if a fresh > installation of Intrepid on my system works as I claimed above. > > Fisslefink > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Karel Marik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I repeated my tests just after I installed Intrepid. Here are my results: >> 1) echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm >> doesn't work due to Permission denied error >> >> 2) I found workaround : >> usern...@comp:~$ sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm' >> usern...@comp:~$ sudo sh -c 'echo `date "+%s" -d "+ 5 minutes"` > >> /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm' >> usern...@comp:~$ cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm >> usern...@comp:~$ cat /proc/driver/rtc >> rtc_time : 23:20:51 >> rtc_date : 2009-01-21 >> alrm_time : 23:25:29 >> alrm_date : ****-**-21 >> alarm_IRQ : no >> alrm_pending : no >> 24hr : yes >> periodic_IRQ : no >> update_IRQ : no >> HPET_emulated : no >> DST_enable : no >> periodic_freq : 1024 >> batt_status : okay >> usern...@comp:~$ >> >> It is interesting "cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm" gives no output. >> >> Computer didn't boot at specified time. Manual inspection of BIOS >> setting revealed correctly changed time (23:25:29). However date (of >> month) was wrong - 1. >> >> 3) I repeated step 2 with changed /etc/default/rcS file according to >> advice in http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup >> >> Same result as in (2) in BIOS. Warning! I had serious problem to boot >> then! Finally, I had to boot using live CD and reject changes in >> /etc/default/rcS in order to boot again. >> >> I am strongly interested to turn it working. So far without success. I >> am planning to test Fisslefink's solution next time. >> >> Regards >> >> Karel >> >> -- >> [GUTSY] RTC alarm does not retain setting from /proc/acpi/alarm >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139846 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> > > -- [GUTSY] RTC alarm does not retain setting from /proc/acpi/alarm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139846 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
