VMWare time synchronization problem.

[tjroamer]

Hi all,

I installed the Linux Workstation 4 in the WinXP via VMWare. Now I have a problem with the clock. The time in my linux is always running faster than normal. That is, when I log in in the morning 8:00, the time is the same as the WinXP. When I see the time in the afternoon, for instance, it is 17:00, but now the WinXP is 16:10. Can anybody help me with this? Thanks.

Kai

 

[SjrH]

add

clock=pit

to your linux bootloader file

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[tjroamer]

Hi SjrH,

Thanks, but I tried to add this line to the bootloader file "/etc/grub.conf", then I restarted the vmware, unfortunately it did not work.

Kai

 

[SjrH]

Do you have vmware tools installed in the guest os?

If so add the following to the guest os .vmx file

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

What cpus are installed in your host? also, are you running 32bit or 64?

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[tjroamer]

hello, SjrH,

Just now I checked the .vmx file, this code is over there.

Yes, I installed VMWare tool and also selected the option: "Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the host OS". The clock in the Linux is still running faster than WinXP.

The CPU in my computer is Intel Pentium M (Centrino), Duo core, 32bit machine, i586.

Thanks a lot.

Kai

 

[Kalpitan]

Install xntpd on the guest Linux OS.

write a small script with these two lines

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/ntpdate xx.xx.xx.xx
/sbin/hwclock -w

P.S. replace the above ip xx.xx.xx.xx with some ntp server near your location.

execute this script on startup.
The script is necessary at startup because xntpd fails to update the time if the time difference is too much.

run xntpd daemon to keep the time uptodate.

Hope this helps.

 

[EGR]

Hi,

what does your grub.conf look like?
Perhaps you have to put the "clock=pit" option in your 'menu.lst' file.

/egr