On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:24:32 +1100 Daniel Jitnah via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have seen this or similar happening before. > > Would you try disabling virtualisation in the bios, shutdown, restart > and then re-enable it. Sometimes this fixes it. > > That was it! Many thanks > > > On Mon, 2018-10-22 at 16:53 +1100, h via luv-main wrote: > > I am a hobbyist, running a desktop, latest version, open-suse (15.0) > > system. > > > > I have recently changed to an AMD processor having used intel for a > > long time. I generally format and do a clean install on /, but > > have a /home partition which has been around for many years and may > > contain entries related to the intel processor rather than the amd > > one. > > > > I am trying to install and run virtual box. > > > > On starting a virtual machine I get a message: > > AMD-V is disabled in the BIOS (or by the host OS) > > (VERR_SVM_DISABLED). > > > > My BIOS says that "Secure Virtual Machine" is enabled. > > > > cat cpuinfo |grep svm > > shows that svm is on each core. > > > > dmidecode does NOT list the svm flag > > > > > > Further system info: > > Base Board Information > > Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. > > Product Name: B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) > > Version: 2.0 > > Processor Information > > Socket Designation: AM4 > > Type: Central Processor > > Family: Zen > > Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. > > Signature: Family 23, Model 1, Stepping 1 > > > > > > Thinking there may be detritus in my /home partition, I have > > created a new user, but experienced the same problem when starting > > the > > virtual machine. > > > > Any help on 'how to make virtual box work' would be appreciated, > > also any info on why cpuinfo says svm is available, but dmidecode > > does > > not? > > > > I am on and off line at the moment, so may take time to respond. > > > > Thank you in advance! > > H > > > > _______________________________________________ > > luv-main mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
