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Date:      Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:25:40 +0100
From:      Kai Mosebach <kai@freshx.de>
To:        <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Julian Stecklina <js@alien8.de>, mister.olli@googlemail.com
Subject:   Re: Time goes backwards
Message-ID:  <C5A88624.3841%kai@freshx.de>
In-Reply-To: <1233285639.24925.12.camel@phoenix.blechhirn.net>

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Hi,

Since I changed the sysctl wallclock, I don't have any time issues anymore.
make was mourning a lot about timestamps before, but this also has gone
now...

Best Kai

On 1/30/09 4:20 AM, "Mister Olli" <mister.olli@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've had time problems too. The clock did not go backwards, but forwards
> for some time sime, and then jumped back to a certain date. Like
> Sun Jan 25 00:55:12 UTC 2009
> ...
> Sun Jan 25 01:08:35 UTC 2009
> Sun Jan 25 00:55:12 UTC 2009
> Sun Jan 25 00:55:13 UTC 2009
> ...
> 
> It took me quite some time to find a solution that helped for me:
> - activate the independent_wallclock in domO by 'sysctl
> xen.independent_wallclock=1'
> - edit and configure '/etc/ntpd.conf' in domU
> - edit '/etc/rc.conf' and add the following lines
> # NTP stuff
> ntpdate_enable="YES"
> ntpdate_flags="-b <YOUR_NTP_SERVER>"
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> - reboot domU
> 
> If you try it on your problem, could you please give me some feedback if
> it worked?
> 
> --
> Mr. Olli
> 
> 
> 
> Am Freitag, den 30.01.2009, 03:53 +0100 schrieb Julian Stecklina:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> on my FreeBSD 8-CURRENT Xen DomU printing `date' each second gives me
>> this:
>> 
>> Sun Jan 25 00:55:12 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:55:13 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:55:14 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:50 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:51 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:52 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:53 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:55 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:56 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:57 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:58 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:59 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:50:00 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:50:01 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:50:02 UTC 2009
>> ... 8 mins pass ...
>> Sun Jan 25 00:58:25 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:58:26 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:58:27 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:49 UTC 2009
>> Sun Jan 25 00:49:50 UTC 2009
>> 
>> It should increase every second, shouldn't it? ;)
>> 
>> MfG,
> 
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