Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer

[Mike Mazur]

Hi,

What could also help in this is installing vmware-workstation-tools[1]
in your Gentoo instance.

Not directly related to your specific problem, but I've been running
RHEL 5 x86_64 in a VM on a CentOS 5 i386 host. The time in RHEL flows
slowly, and soon the clock is way behind. I have tried setting up ntpd
to keep the time in sync with the host machine, but it crashed
silently right away.

To work around this, I have a cron job that sets the correct time with
the ntpdate command every 2 minutes. It's good enough for my needs.

[1] http://gentoo-portage.com/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools

Good luck!
Mike


On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Chris Brennan <xaero@××××××××××.net> wrote:
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>  you need to make sure ntp-client and ntpd (from openntpd) have been
>  started, and you have a valid time server.
>
>  Below I have included everything I hope will help you
>
>  - ------------
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $ emerge -vp openntpd
>
>  These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
>  Calculating dependencies... done!
>  [ebuild   R   ] net-misc/openntpd-3.9_p1-r1  USE="ssl (-selinux)" 150 kB
>
>  Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 150 kB
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/ntpd
>  # /etc/conf.d/ntpd: config file for openntpd's ntpd
>
>  NTPD_HOME=/var/empty
>
>  # See ntpd(8) man page ... some popular options:
>  #  -s   Set the time immediately at startup
>  NTPD_OPTS=""
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/ntp-client
>  # /etc/conf.d/ntp-client
>
>  # Command to run to set the clock initially
>  # Most people should just leave this line alone ...
>  # however, if you know what you're doing, and you
>  # want to use ntpd to set the clock, change this to 'ntpd'
>  NTPCLIENT_CMD="ntpdate"
>
>  # Options to pass to the above command
>  # This default setting should work fine but you should
>  # change the default 'pool.ntp.org' to something closer
>  # to your machine.  See http://www.pool.ntp.org/ or
>  # try running `netselect -s 3 pool.ntp.org`.
>  NTPCLIENT_OPTS="-s -b -u pool.ntp.org"
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $ cat /etc/ntp
>  ntp.conf   ntp.conf~  ntpd.conf
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $ cat /etc/ntpd.conf
>  # $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf,v 1.7 2004/07/20 17:38:35 henning Exp $
>  # sample ntpd configuration file, see ntpd.conf(5)
>
>  # Addresses to listen on (ntpd does not listen by default)
>  #listen on *
>  #listen on 127.0.0.1
>  #listen on ::1
>
>  # sync to a single server
>  #server ntp.example.org
>
>  # use a random selection of 8 public stratum 2 servers
>  # see http://twiki.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers
>  servers pool.ntp.org
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $ cat /etc/ntp.conf
>  # NOTES:
>  #  - you should only have to update the server line below
>  #  - if you start getting lines like 'restrict' and 'fudge'
>  #    and you didnt add them, AND you run dhcpcd on your
>  #    network interfaces, be sure to add '-Y -N' to the
>  #    dhcpcd_ethX variables in /etc/conf.d/net
>
>  # Name of the servers ntpd should sync with
>  # Please respect the access policy as stated by the responsible person.
>  #server         ntp.example.tld         iburst
>
>  server pool.ntp.org
>  netselect -s 3 pool.ntp.org
>
>  ##
>  # A list of available servers can be found here:
>  # http://www.pool.ntp.org/
>  # http://www.pool.ntp.org/#use
>  # A good way to get servers for your machine is:
>  # netselect -s 3 pool.ntp.org
>  ##
>
>  # you should not need to modify the following paths
>  driftfile       /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
>
>  #server ntplocal.example.com prefer
>  #server timeserver.example.org
>
>  # Warning: Using default NTP settings will leave your NTP
>  # server accessible to all hosts on the Internet.
>
>  # If you want to deny all machines (including your own)
>  # from accessing the NTP server, uncomment:
>  #restrict default ignore
>
>
>  # To deny other machines from changing the
>  # configuration but allow localhost:
>  restrict default nomodify nopeer
>  restrict 127.0.0.1
>
>
>  # To allow machines within your network to synchronize
>  # their clocks with your server, but ensure they are
>  # not allowed to configure the server or used as peers
>  # to synchronize against, uncomment this line.
>  #
>  restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify nopeer notrap
>  xaero@Leviathan ~ $
>
>  - ---------
>  EOF
>
>
>
>
>  John J. Foster wrote:
>  | Hi all - it's been awhile
>  |
>  | This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by
>  | http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration
>  | went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the
>  | machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo & the
>  | VM & rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the
>  | date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after
>  | that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further
>  | off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly
>  | (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common?
>  | Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't
>  | work.
>  |
>  | Any and all help appreciated.
>  |
>  | Thanks,
>  | festus
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