Lee Revell wrote: > On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 19:40 +0200, Thomas Kuther wrote: > >>cannot set ticks 1024 on /dev/rtc: Permission denied >>precise timer not available > > > Add: > > echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq > > to your system startup scripts (/etc/rc.local). > is this defaulting to the right frequency in the latest kernels? i've noticed that it defaults to, um, 250(?) ... which wouldn't really be right for most things, would it? it took me a few goes before i figured this one out. shayne