Show pageBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Vmware guest clock running too fast ====== I just noticed that the clock on my guest Windows XP system was running way too fast on my host Ubuntu Gutsy system. I had also noticed that double clicking seemed really difficult and there were a few anomalies with sound. A bit of Googling turned up this tip from the VMware knowledge base. So to fix things I added these lines to the bottom of /etc/vmware/config. host.cpukHz = 3060000 host.noTSC = TRUE ptsc.noTSC = TRUE A hint, to find out your CPU’s speed in a Linux host, type ” cat /proc/cpuinfo, and look for a line beginning with “cpu MHz” ref: http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2008/02/25/guest-clock-running-way-too-fast-in-vmware/ {{tag>vmware linux}} ~~LINKBACK~~ ~~DISCUSSION~~ blog/vmware_guest_clock_running_too_fast.txt Last modified: 2010/06/29 06:33by brb