Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:59:45 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Anderson <ciscoaix@yahoo.com> To: John Webster <jwebster@es.net>, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTPD not keeping time Message-ID: <290817.72662.qm@web90606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <05D91BD95B7FC713169BCDA9@vortex.es.net>
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--- John Webster <jwebster@es.net> wrote: > > > --On Friday, December 01, 2006 10:23:17 -0800 Chuck > Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Kris Anderson wrote: > >> Darn the system time strayed over night. One > thing I > >> failed to mention is that freebsd is running on a > >> virtual machine. > > > > Sigh-- you're right, you should have mentioned > this before. > > > > One should not attempt to change the clock from > within a virtual machine at all, only in the parent > or host OS. VMs depend on the host OS to provide > the timekeeping, and it is known that systems > running inside a VM may experience timing glitches > as > > a result of running inside the machine emulation. > > > > <http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/KnownOsIssues#Section_9.2.1.>; Having read that, my guess is that I should just disable ntp and reboot the system. Just so that all is well in the world. I'll give that a shot the next day. *sigh* Thanks. :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.
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