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Linux Xen VPS Guest Setting the Damn Time!!!!

Took far too long to figure this shit out…. so I’m gunna write it down!!!
in /etc/sysctl.conf
Add the line:
xen.independent_wallclock = 1
Then run
/sbin/sysctl -p
Then install ntp
yum install ntp
vi /etc/sysconfig/ntp
Then dd a “-x” to the begining of the OPTIONS= Line
OPTIONS=”-x -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid”
/etc/init.d/ntpd start  (or /etc/init.d/ntpd restart if it was already installed!)

Welcome to my random thoughs and discoveries, spilled here for your plundering!

Well, my first post, and one of the most useful time saving hacks that I have **EVER** found.  As you will get to know, I run a small computer repair shop in Chorley Lancashire in the UK.  Many many times per week we get customers bringing in their PC’s to be “fixed” the main problem [...]