On 20 Dec 2024 at 9:33, Michael D. Setzer II via user wrote:
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Subject: VirtualBox no longer working? Loads but gets
error message.
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> Used it a couple weeks ago, but now get this error message went
> trying to start.
>
> VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode.
> Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel
> and reboot.
> (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).
>
> Found a link that talks about fixing on Ubuntu, but options don't
> seem to exist on Fedora 40.
>
> Don't use KVM. Looked at removing kvm, but it showed it would
> also remove 112 dependency files so opted not to do that?
>
> Any solutions?
Did a test. If I reboot and select 6.11.11 kernel then VirtualBox
works fine, but using the 6.12.4 kernel it fails with error?
So, know virtual box images are not issues, but something with the
6.12.4 kernel?
Thanks.
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