Hi Amit, Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 19:36 +0530 schrieb Amit k. Saha: > 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 >
This depends on the distribution you have but on most it is enough to do "rmmod kvm-intel" as root. Kind regards, Alexander Eichner _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
