Hi,
I'm running VMware-server-1.0.3-44356.i386.rpm in a Centos 4.5 server.
I got this error just a few days ago in /var/log/messages:
Jul 22 09:33:48 server1 kernel: irq 193: nobody cared! (screaming interrupt?)
Jul 22 09:33:48 server1 kernel: irq 193: Please try booting with acpi=off and report a bug
Jul 22 09:33:48 server1 kernel: \[] (ide_intr+0x0/0x11e)
Jul 22 09:33:48 server1 kernel: Disabling IRQ #193
Its a know issue?
Should I try booting with acpi=off as directed?
I have a Pentium4, 2800Mhz, with:
\# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 \[RIVA TNT2 Ultra] (rev 11)
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX \[Cyclone] (rev 30)
02:0b.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)
HTH