Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#5742 closed defect (duplicate)
Kernel 2.6.32 nmi watchdog problem
| Reported by: | giaur | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | host support | Version: | VirtualBox 3.1.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Latest virtualbox version (3.1) and sixux kernel 2.6.32, grub2. There is a problem with vboxdrv module - it fails to load:
* Starting VirtualBox kernel module * modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why
dmesg:
vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently... vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line. vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently... vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line. vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently... vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line. vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently... vboxdrv: NMI watchdog either active or at least initialized. Please disable the NMI vboxdrv: watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line. vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
There is nmi_watchdog option in kernel command line already, but it won't change anything:
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg | grep linux:
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-0.slh.1-sidux-amd64 root=UUID=7ff4fe9c-3dc2-49d2-8977-2f45c0be989a ro quiet splash vga=791 nmi_watchdog=0
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-0.slh.1-sidux-amd64 root=UUID=7ff4fe9c-3dc2-49d2-8977-2f45c0be989a ro single
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
OS: Debian Sid, 64-bit.
I've also tried this on my laptop. In this case, /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start fails, but modprobe vboxdrv works, but only if nmi_watchdog=0 is the first option. But this does not help for my PC.
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Duplicate of #4529.