On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Alexander Eichner <alexander.eich...@sun.com> wrote: > Hi Amit, > > Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 19:36 +0530 schrieb Amit k. Saha: >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert <frank.mehn...@sun.com> wrote: >> > Amit, >> > >> > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: >> >> I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this >> >> message: >> >> >> >> "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). >> >> >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' >> >> was not loaded? >> > >> > No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of >> > the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only >> > loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To >> > use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, >> > not by any other instance. >> >> Hmm..How to do that? >> >> Best regards, >> -Amit >> > > This depends on the distribution you have but on most it is enough to do > "rmmod kvm-intel" as root.
I have done that :-) and got it to work .. I was wondering if there was a way to tweak VirtualBox to use the root mode, as Frank earlier mentioned.. Thanks! -Amit > > Kind regards, > Alexander Eichner > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > vbox-users@virtualbox.org > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > -- Amit Kumar Saha http://amitksaha.blogspot.com http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com/ *Bangalore Open Java Users Group*:http:www.bojug.in _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
