[Bug 399732] Re: vboxdrv occasionally fails to load on karmic 2.6.30 kernels due to active nmi_watchdog

[Sergei Sedov]

I have this problem too

kernel 2 2.6.31-3-generic
VirtualBox 3.0.2 for Linux

dmesg | grep watchdog

[    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-3-generic root=UUID=bf7e7382-637c-49b2-b010-a56276e27219 ro quiet splash nmi_watchdog=0
[   20.440185] vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
[   20.440190] vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI
[   20.440191] vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line.
[  586.110601] vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
[  586.110606] vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI
[  586.110608] vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line.
[ 1125.410335] vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
[ 1125.410341] vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI
[ 1125.410342] vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line.
[ 1641.876499] vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
[ 1641.876504] vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI
[ 1641.876506] vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line.

cat /proc/interrupts | grep NMI
NMI:          0   Non-maskable interrupts

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vboxdrv occasionally fails to load on karmic 2.6.30 kernels due to active nmi_watchdog
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399732
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