Comment 5 for bug 399732

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Sergey Sedov (serg-sedov) wrote :

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