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  • 1.  Piix4_SMBus Host SMBus controller bus not enabled in suse linux when vm powerd on

    Posted Jul 07, 2022 07:07 AM

    Getting error  after guest OS Powered ON.

     

     As per the solution on online edited the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and added the line blacklist i2c-piix4   and rebooted

    still not working .



  • 2.  RE: Piix4_SMBus Host SMBus controller bus not enabled in suse linux when vm powerd on

    Posted Jul 07, 2022 08:15 AM

    Hi,

    Did you rebuild initramfs as well? Like is described here: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/piix4-smbus-0000-00-07-3-Host-SMBus-controller-not-enabled/td-p/980392

    Alternatively you can do what everyone does and ignore this notification (it's not really an error).

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    Wil



  • 3.  RE: Piix4_SMBus Host SMBus controller bus not enabled in suse linux when vm powerd on

    Posted Mar 24, 2023 07:26 PM

    How can I edit blacklist.conf if I never get to see a desktop?

    So I'm looking at the time-stamped log entry looking lines of text, ending with "[sda] Assuming drive cache write-through". When you say "everyone ignores this", do you mean that if I wait for a long time-out I'll be granted access to the ubuntu desktop?

     



  • 4.  RE: Piix4_SMBus Host SMBus controller bus not enabled in suse linux when vm powerd on

    Posted Mar 24, 2023 08:32 PM

    Hi,

    If you never get to see a desktop - whereas normally you would get a desktop, then you have another problem.

    This particular error has nothing to do with that. There has never been a virtualized SMBus controller in VMware, this error/warning is just saying that it can't find that.. and that is expected.

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    Wil



  • 5.  RE: Piix4_SMBus Host SMBus controller bus not enabled in suse linux when vm powerd on

    Posted Oct 16, 2023 12:23 PM

    FYI I have the same problem, the boot sequence hangs at "SMBus Host Controller not enabled!" is there a fix/workaround for this yet?