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2007/4/7-10 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:46230 Activity:nil
4/7     Dear VMWare users. I just want to post this because I spent an
        entire day trying to find out why my Ubuntu 2.6.18 has a serious
        time drift problem on host WinXP Pro. The problem is that even
        when you run vmware-tools and sync the time between your VM and
        your host, there is still a delay-- vmware-tools syncs every once
        in a while, and since my VM is so slow it doesn't catch up and
        occassionally has a 2-3 min delay, enough to cause kerberos to
        reject me, along with NFS problems. The solution is posted here:
        http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1420
        You'd need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add the changes for
        "noapic nolapic". FYI ntp doesn't do jack-- either run ntp
        exclusively (not ideal because of time drift), or vmware-tools
        to sync your time. Good luck guys!
        \_ I've got massive time drift but we don't use Kerberos so I just
           smash a new time in manually every few months.  It's a dev box
           so it doesn't matter that it drifts a full day every month.  What
           you could do instead of ntp is do it the old fashioned way and put
           rdate in cron every 5 minutes against something that keeps real
           time.
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