Jeff, Hardy Alpha has an updated version of the kernel that you may want try. Not sure if it will help improve your situation though. http://www.ubuntu.com/testing. Also I'm not sure which version of vmware you are running, but you may want to see if there is an updated version available to test with as well. But for now this report will be closed. Thanks.
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- Performance issue with High Resolution Timer enabled kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs