diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index eb3c6029c..fa37db541 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  - fixed apache to use the same bdb as subversion does (need config option)
  - fixed xfree86 cron job
  - Sebastian Jaenicke: updated opera, maildrop and ntp
+                       fixed mplayer /dev/misc/rtc useage
  - Andreas V. Meier: fixed nikolaus/unison to parse the uname output correctly
 
 *) 2003-11-10 (2.0.0-rc2 - 2.0.0-rc3)
diff --git a/package/jimmy/mplayer/devfs_path_fix.patch b/package/jimmy/mplayer/devfs_path_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..069e9da26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jimmy/mplayer/devfs_path_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Nur MPlayer-0.92/mplayer.c MPlayer-0.92.sj/mplayer.c
+--- MPlayer-0.92/mplayer.c	2003-08-09 16:12:39.000000000 +0200
++++ MPlayer-0.92.sj/mplayer.c	2003-11-11 00:27:58.000000000 +0100
+@@ -980,8 +980,8 @@
+   if(!nortc)
+   {
+     // seteuid(0); /* Can't hurt to try to get root here */
+-    if ((rtc_fd = open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+-	mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_WARN, "Failed to open /dev/rtc: %s (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)\n", strerror(errno));
++    if ((rtc_fd = open("/dev/misc/rtc", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
++	mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_WARN, "Failed to open /dev/misc/rtc: %s (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/misc/rtc should be readable by the user.)\n", strerror(errno));
+      else {
+ 	unsigned long irqp = 1024; /* 512 seemed OK. 128 is jerky. */
+