After setting up my new Dell Precision T1600 with OpenSUSE 11.4 I found that I could no longer run VMware. Got a message about some NMI problem and bug # 2293. I searched for a solution and found the following article apparently describing my problem:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cm…
In short it says that I need to add the kernel option nmi_watchdog=0 to my boot entry. I did, but it did not solve the problem. Disappointed! I kept searching and came upon some forum entries somewhere discussing different NMI related problems and some of them talked about adding the option nmi_watchdog=0 but also adding nowatchdog. Tried it and it worked! Now VMware starts without problem.
I don't know what this option does and why nmi_watchdog=0 is not sufficient but that is to me less important than getting VMware started.
Thank you
That worked for me as well! I have been struggling with this issue for several weeks...
[OpenSuse 11.4, VMware Workstation 7.1.4]
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