diff -ruN dist-2.4.13+patches/drivers/char/rtc.c linux-2.4/drivers/char/rtc.c
--- dist-2.4.13+patches/drivers/char/rtc.c	Mon Oct  1 16:43:52 2001
+++ linux-2.4/drivers/char/rtc.c	Mon Oct 29 11:07:42 2001
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
 	spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
 	tmp = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL);
 	tmp &=  ~RTC_PIE;
-	tmp &=  ~RTC_AIE;
+	//tmp &=  ~RTC_AIE;
 	tmp &=  ~RTC_UIE;
 	CMOS_WRITE(tmp, RTC_CONTROL);
 	CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);