On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:24:32 +1100
Daniel Jitnah via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have seen this or similar happening before.  
> 
> Would you try disabling virtualisation in the bios, shutdown, restart
> and then re-enable it.  Sometimes this fixes it.
> 
> 

That was it!
Many thanks

> 
> 
> On Mon, 2018-10-22 at 16:53 +1100, h via luv-main wrote:
> > I am a hobbyist, running a desktop, latest version, open-suse (15.0)
> > system.
> > 
> > I have recently changed  to an AMD processor having used intel for a
> > long time.  I generally format and do a clean install on /, but
> > have a /home partition which has been around for many years and may
> > contain entries related to the intel processor rather than the amd
> > one. 
> > 
> > I am trying to install and run virtual box.
> > 
> > On starting a virtual machine I get a message:
> >     AMD-V is disabled in the BIOS (or by the host OS)
> >     (VERR_SVM_DISABLED).
> > 
> > My BIOS says that "Secure Virtual Machine" is enabled.
> > 
> > cat cpuinfo |grep svm
> > shows that svm is on each core.
> > 
> > dmidecode does NOT list the svm flag
> > 
> > 
> > Further system info:
> > Base Board Information
> >         Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
> >         Product Name: B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)
> >         Version: 2.0
> > Processor Information
> >         Socket Designation: AM4
> >         Type: Central Processor
> >         Family: Zen
> >         Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> >         Signature: Family 23, Model 1, Stepping 1
> > 
> > 
> > Thinking there may be detritus in my /home partition, I have
> > created a new user, but experienced the same problem when starting
> > the
> > virtual machine.
> > 
> > Any help on 'how to make virtual box work' would be appreciated,
> > also any info on why cpuinfo says svm is available, but dmidecode
> > does
> > not?
> > 
> > I am on and off line at the moment, so may take time to respond.
> > 
> > Thank you in advance!
> > H
> > 
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