I used to meet this problem on Ubuntu Precise using an official backported kernel from Quantal (linux-image-generic-lts-quantal 3.5.0.24.31) and VMWare Workstation 9.0.0. The problem was fixed by upgrading to VMWare Workstation 9.0.1, which officially supports Ubuntu Quantal.
So this a VMWare bug, and I'll mark this bug "invalid" for Ubuntu. Lionel Sausin. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070837 Title: general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP; RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa051321f>] [<ffffffffa051321f>] HostIF_SafeRDMSR+0xf/0x30 [vmmon] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1070837/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs