On 17 April 2017 at 10:17, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710@gmail.com> wrote:
This isn't really a feature, it's a core part of the VM's operation.
You could choose to build the itimer VM, but that has its own problems.
See:

https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/releases/tag/r3732#linux
http://forum.world.st/Iceberg-with-SSH-on-Linux-td4940436.html
http://forum.world.st/Unix-heartbeat-thread-vs-itimer-td4928943.html#a4938456

Thanks for the links!

I have only read through once, but isn't it a no-brainer to disable that message telling you to edit your kernel config? It's very user-unfriendly, it's the very first thing a new user will see the first time they try Pharo, it's not actually applicable to all Linux distributions, and it provides no demonstrable benefit?