====== vmware ubuntu ====== VMWare and Ubuntu: ACPI: I/O resource piix4_smbus error on boot After installing a brand new Ubuntu 64bit on VMWare i got the message: ACPI: I/O resource piix4_smbus [0x1040-0x1047] conflicts with ACPI region SMB_ [0x1040-0x104b] Resolved this by adding blacklist i2c_piix4 at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf {{tag>}} ~~LINKBACK~~ ~~DISCUSSION~~