On 06/22/2010 10:40 AM, sdavmor wrote:
> Haven't used vBox in 7 weeks or so. Here's the message I'm getting:
>
> Failed to open a session for 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).
>
> Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> Component: Console
> Interface: IConsole {6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-ae9e128d71c3}
>
> There's no other hypervisor running on this box. vBox is the only one
> I've ever installed. A quick check confirms this (no output from lsmod
> | grep kvm).
>
> I tried disabling AMD-V but I get the same message. Looking at past
> posts on similar issues I think I'd like to try:
>
> export VBOX_HWVIRTEX_IGNORE_SVM_IN_USE=1
>
> I tried from the CLI to run this via VboxMange for the VM in question:
>
> VBoxManage export Win2KOEM VBOX_HWVIRTEX_IGNORE_SVM_IN_USE=1
>
> but that doesn't seem to be it either. A quick glance at the vBox help
> suggests that I'm misunderstanding the export command. Since I don't
> know what I'm doing I'll stop poking at it and ask here for help.
>
> Where does one go to put that instruction into vBox? Or is there
> another hack that will get me round this?Completely de-installing v 3.2.4 then installing the new 3.2.6 took care of my crash at startup of vBox issue. -- Cheers, SDM -- a 21st Century Schizoid Man Systems Theory project website: http://systemstheory.net find us on MySpace, GarageBand, Reverb Nation, Last FM, CDBaby free MP3s of Systems Theory, Mike Dickson & Greg Amov music at http://mikedickson.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
