On 20 Dec 2024 at 9:33, Michael D. Setzer II via user wrote: To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:33:06 +1000 Subject: VirtualBox no longer working? Loads but gets error message. Priority: normal Send reply to: mikes@xxxxxxxx, Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: "Michael D. Setzer II via users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Copies to: "Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes@xxxxxxxx> > 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. > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) > mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxx > mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx > mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxx > Guam - Where America's Day Begins > G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer > http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxx Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue