https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469190 Summary: vmware complains that it can not access host /dev/rtc Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: robin.listas@telefonica.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-0.1 Firefox/3.0.5 I have VMware-server-1.0.8-126538. Host: openSUSE 11.0 Guest: 11.1 Now and then, vmware pops up this message: +++ The host high-resolution timer device (/dev/rtc) cannot be opened (Device or resource busy). It appears that some other application is using the device. Without this device, the guest operating system can fail to keep time correctly. To avoid this problem, stop the conflicting application. If that is not possible, see http://www.vmware.com/info?id=34. [ ] never show this dialog again ++- I don't know whether it really needs to access /dev/rtc or not. Neither 'lsof /dev/rtc' nor 'fuser /dev/rtc' finds anything using '/dev/rtc', but the ntp daemon is running. The article mentioned recommends increasing HZ to 1000 in the kernel, which I understand could be excessive. The alternative they recommend is configure vmware "host.useFastclock = FALSE", which I will try. I write this in case you have something else to say or recommend in this respect, not because I consider this is a bug. Maybe we need a special kernel tailored for virtualized environments, as was mentioned recently in the factory mail list. Reproducible: Sometimes -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.