Arch Linux

sajro

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Registered: 2008-03-02

Posts: 56

Virtualized Arch (VirtualBox) - System clock is wrong..,

In my Arch Linux VM, my system clock is either 7 hours slow or 17 hours fast (can't tell the date on it...how do I make Fluxbox display the date with the time?). This may be a problem with Arch but it most likely is a VirtualBox issue. How can I change the system clock on V-box (if that's the issue) or how can I fix Arch?

This may be a timezone issue. I live in the US, but I set "Canada/Eastern" as the timezone. Shouldn't matter because I'm in the Eastern time zone but in the interest of full disclosure, I thought I'd mention it.

EDIT: May or may not be important: I'm using Virtualbox OSE, not the proprietary edition.

Last edited by sajro (2008-03-21 13:37:56)

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: Virtualized Arch (VirtualBox) - System clock is wrong..,

As far as i'm aware, clocks in virtual systems are always wrong. I don't think it's to do with arch (although changing UTC to localtime or vice versa in rc.conf might have some effect), more to do with the timing of the CPU or something being slightly off for virtual machines due to the virtual nature of the system.

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