Unable to add RTC to RPI3

  • Has anyone had any luck adding a RTC to LibreElec running on a RPI3B+? I tried adding "dtoverlay=i2c-rtc,ds3231" to config.txt and it seems to load the I2C device (it is now listed in /sys/class/i2c-dev as i2c-1, but the hwclock does not read from the device. Is there any configuration that needs changing for the hwclock? any hwclock commands return the error: "can't open '/dev/misc/rtc': No such file or directory"

    None of the tutorials that I have come across to add a rtc to a RPI are applicable to libreelec as they require steps such as installing i2c-tools.