F12 and time keeping ....[SOLVED]

[Oliver Falk]

On 01/12/2010 10:13 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Oliver Falk wrote:
>>   
>>>>>> Try adding this to your kernel params (/etc/grub.conf):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> notsc divider=10
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>>>>> Just tried that to no avail.  
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>>>> In case some folks are unfamiliar with the phrase "to no avail"...it
>>>> means it didn't help.  (My wife, a non-native English speaker, insists I
>>>> should be clearer....  :-) )
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> I have these settings on all my VMWare RH/Fedora instances and time is OK.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>> Humm...  Wonder why it doesn't have any effect here.....
>>
>>   
> Turns out it was a VMware setting after all.  In the vmx file
> tools.syncTime was set to TRUE.  On the working systems it was set to
> FALSE.  I don't know how/when it was changed or why it was different for
> just F12.  I choose to blame the youngest cat.
> 
> Thanks for your and Pasi's help.

Although my help didn't solve your problem; You are welcome :-)

-of