I have tracked this down to the point that I know it is an alias for the real time clock, and that it only occurs soon after switching to run-level 6 and run-level 0. I also know that the alias exists in two files, that I know of; /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modutils/arch/i386. Removing the alias from i386 has no effect.
I have seen a few people suggesting that I should edit modules.conf, but the modules.conf file has comments stating that it should never be edited manually. Is it either safe or effective to manually edit this file? If not the modules.conf file, then which file do I edit to affect this workaround until I can compile rtc in the kernel? Thanks in advance for any help. - gladimir
