On 19 Dec 2024 at 21:03, Samuel Sieb wrote: Date sent: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:03:23 -0800 Subject: Re: VirtualBox no longer working? Loads but gets error message. To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On 12/19/24 3:33 PM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote: > > 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? > > This came up on the list a few weeks ago. Apparently virtualbox is > incompatible with the kvm kernel module. > > Why can't you use kvm? Have been using VirtualBox for like 20 years? and it does work just fine after rmmod kvm_intel with the 6.12.x kernels. Just haven't looked into KVM. Just use it to test new G4L images for booting in regular mode and uefi mode and with syslinux loader. Perhaps KVM would work, but currently my main machines are 18 timezones away from where I am. So currenly working remotely from a notebook in Nevada. Guam is GMT+1000 and Nevada is GMT-0800. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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
