hwclock failed to open in Xen guest with error: 'No usable clock interface found'
Issue
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Xen Server domU reports following error when executing hwclock command:
# hwclock --debug hwclock from util-linux-2.13-pre7 hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=19: No such device. No usable clock interface found. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. -
But, in the Hypervisor (dom0) this problem doesnt occur while running the hwclock command.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
- Xen DomU
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