Description of problem: Bug 245203 fixed the libvirt side of this problem, but virt-manager needs to set this attribute during the install of windows guests. (And allow it to be modified later). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-manager-0.5.2-2.fc8 libvirt-0.3.3-2.fc8 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install windows guest with virt-manager 2. Look at clock 3. Actual results: Time in UTC Expected results: Local time Additional info: Isn't this exactly the kind of thing the guest OS selection is meant to be for?
Yes, if you select the 'Windows' guest OS type during the installation wizard it is supposed to automatically configure the clock to 'localtime'. Can you confirm what OS type you selected, and provide the /root/.virt-manager/virt-manager.log file which will tell us what clock source was configured for the guest.
Created attachment 235831 [details] Virt manager log This log shows that I selected windows XP (which I did).
Looks like virt-inst library isn't configuring the clock source correctly. It is adding the USB tablet for sane Windows mouse, but not setting clock at all.
A fix was applied for this: http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virtinst--devel?cs=325a56861208 Specifying you are installing a windows guest should set 'localtime' automatically. I'll close this bug when a new release is pushed out. Thanks!
python-virtinst-0.300.2-2.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update python-virtinst'
Localtime is now detected on a new WinXP install. Thanks!
python-virtinst-0.300.2-2.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.