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This gentoo tracker issue reports the same problem and the solution:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7336102.html

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Title:
  hwclock /dev/rtc Device or resource busy

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: linux-image

  This is happening in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. After latest kernel
  update, hwclock is not working anymore. Symptoms are quite similar to
  those reported in bug 59596. If timidity is running and you attempt to
  run hwclock:

   hwclock --debug
  hwclock from util-linux-ng 2.13.1
  hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=16: Device or resource busy.
  No usable clock interface found.
  Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.

  This is happening on three machines: System76 laptop, booting linux-
  image-generic, Dell 400sc desktop booting linux-image-386 and IBM
  Thinkpad t41 booting linux-image386.

  All machines have all current updates.

  Kernel version is 2.6.24-23.

  hwclock works OK if you stop timidity or if you use --directisa
  switch.

  System information:

  uname -a
  Linux gazelle 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 00:13:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

  cat /proc/version_signature
  Ubuntu 2.6.24-23.48-generic

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 8.04.2
  Release:	8.04

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