mol-0.9.63-1 & ydl 2.1: Clock Problem

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On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:28:41AM -0400, Bob Beaton wrote:
> When MOL is running in a foreground virtual desktop window, the clock
> seems to keep much better time (that is, it stays in sync with the Linux
> clock) than it did in previous MOL versions. 

Yes, a fix went into 0.9.63 which improves the timer calibration.

> However, when I switch
> virtual desktop workspaces for any significant amount of time (meaning
> more than an hour) and then switch back to the desktop containing the
> MOL window, the Mac OS clock is well behind time.

There is a work-around which reportedly works. Simply turn off hard
disk spin-down and/or other sleep related settings in MacOS.

> If not, is there any effort directed at or planned to be directed 
> at a solution to it? As with previous comments about the issue, 
> the lack of accurate Mac OS timekeeping under MOL seems like a 
> critical and limiting problem for this otherwise wonderful application. 

I intend to fix this shortly. But in the meantime, the workaround
should work.

Cheers,

/Samuel