On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert <[email protected]> wrote: > Amit, > > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: >> I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this >> message: >> >> "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). >> >> [...] >> >> Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' >> was not loaded? > > No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of > the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only > loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To > use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, > not by any other instance.
Hmm..How to do that? Best regards, -Amit > > Kind regards, > > Frank > -- > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > -- Amit Kumar Saha http://amitksaha.blogspot.com http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com/ *Bangalore Open Java Users Group*:http:www.bojug.in _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
