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[Bug 1157914] Re: time never catches up to reality after VM sleep

 

It would be as well to try it out - particularly as the package has been
updated recently.

I tried a fresh install of Trusty and when 'vmtoolsd' is running from
the 'open-vm-tools' package,  the output from 'vmware-toolbox-cmd stat
hosttime' and 'date' are the same after a restore from vmware suspend.

The graphic indicator lags, but caught up within about a minute.

Check 'vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync status' and run 'vmware-toolbox-cmd
timesync enable' if necessary.

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Title:
  time never catches up to reality after VM sleep

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I run Ubuntu in a VM, then sleep the VM for a little while, I
  expect time to eventually catch up to reality, because I have "Set the
  time ... Automatically from the Internet".  However, time never does
  catch up.

  I can trigger a catch up by toggling the datetime indicator to
  "Manually", wait a little bit, then toggle back to "Automatically from
  the Internet".  I may have to do this a couple of times to fix the
  time.

  This tells me that it's not a problem with the VM environment
  specifically, but a problem with coordinating time over the internet.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: indicator-datetime 12.10.3daily13.03.07-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-12.21-generic 3.8.2
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Mar 20 11:47:01 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-datetime-service
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-26 (84 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20121225)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: indicator-datetime
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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