On 04/02/2010 04:26 PM, JD wrote:
> On 04/02/2010 03:51 PM, sdavmor wrote:
>> Hardware: AMD Phenom 4 core processor, 8gb ram. Gigabyte
>> motherboard < a year old (GA-MA790X-DS4). Hardware
>> virtualization switches are "on". Running the 2.6.32-19-generic
>> kernel on a fully up to date Lucid Lynx (as of this morning). I
>> can start my VBox 3.1.4 in single core mode after disabling
>> AMD-V.
>>
>> VirtualBox - Error Failed to start the virtual machine Win2KOEM.
>> AMD-V is being used by another hypervisor. (VERR_SVM_IN_USE).
>> VirtualBox can't enable the AMD-V extension. Please disable the
>> KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot
>> (VERR_SVM_IN_USE).
>>
>> Details Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component:
>> Console Interface: IConsole
>> {6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-ae9e128d71c3}
>>
>> I do not have another hypervisor running. VBox is the only
>> virtual machine I've ever used on this computer. I've checked in
>> synaptic -- no KVM or QEMU or VMWARE in use.
>>
>> Any constructive thoughts?
>>
>
> Can you try and disable it in BIOS?
I did that, but it must be enabled in bios to use AMD-V, and AMD-V
must be enabled to allow use of 2 or more CPUs.
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