Shouldn't you be telling VMware about these problems? There's nothing we can do to fix them in OpenSolaris, AFAIK...
Cheeri, Calum. On 15 Mar 2008, at 11:52, Roland Mainz wrote: > > Hi! > > ---- > > More or less an update to my original "VMware's rock around the > clock..."-posting > (http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2006-March/013848.html > > ): > 1. In Solaris 11 B83a and B84 the VMware tools no longer sync the time > with the host OS (I'm not using "ntpdate" to slew the VM's clock each > 15mins to get a more or less accurate time) > 2. In Solaris 11/B72 (where the VMware tools were still properly > working) the VMware tools cause sub-second "time jumps". This isn't a > big issue for nornmal applications but things like test suites which > compare filesystem timestamps (which support sub-second granulation) > blow-up (which renders VMware currently more or less useless for > development in my case). IMO the suggested fix would be to teach the > VMware tools to "slew" the clock if the time difference is smaller > than > 5mins and only "set" the time when the differenfec is greater (maybe > this should be a tuneable). > > ---- > > Bye, > Roland > > -- > __ . . __ > (o.\ \/ /.o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer > /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 > (;O/ \/ \O;) > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
