From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 23 02:00:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB98B106566B for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petro.rossini@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592228FC1A for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbbey12 with SMTP id ey12so2356567vbb.13 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:00:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=4FVd7wvwchbXfBBRCIUnbqpkKnHjyLoowA451wsFqb4=; b=oktvQZeHaaxVRabLQ7RsXyK4KSrn2tCeQJ13oYdjk1aGB3rJI3z52/pDPohIyvBHwQ X7ugX8AgPnIFdwEqEnpJfYY+lZSydYw64LEEw6bhGA4DoZmLO9oSEAkp8wgK6LP+ufse N3jsFAXW/fPXUOnR30skKU84M6UZHYZkEDG7k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.17.75 with SMTP id m11mr2843466vdd.101.1327282377414; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:32:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.186.66 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:32:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4F15D643.8000907@rewt.org.uk> <20120118075049.289954e8@zelda.sugioarto.com> <20120121101842.786fc402@zelda.sugioarto.com> <20120121141151.0ee68aa3@zelda.sugioarto.com> <20120121154634.GA39172@icarus.home.lan> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:32:57 +1100 Message-ID: From: Petro Rossini To: Kevin Oberman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Joe Holden , FreeBSD Stable Mailing List , Martin Sugioarto , Jeremy Chadwick , Ronald Klop Subject: Re: Timekeeping in stable/9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:57 -0000 On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I suspect that most VB users on FreeBSD use it to get access to a small > number of took on Windows...the ones in Office. It's still better than > either LibreOffice or OpenOffice.org for either documents or presentations, > especially presentations that will be displayed on a Windows system (as > most are). We are running a Zimbra Mail Server on FreebSD + VirtualBox. I have seen timekeeping issues with various virtualization solutions over the years, including VMWare ESXi and ESX. I tried NTP inside the VMs as well as some tricks to enhance the syncing with the host - all with mixed success. One of the reasons I love jails;-) Sorry, it does not help to solve the specific problem but I thought I add my usage example - it is not all Windows.. Regards Peter