kvm check fails

[Christoph Thielecke]

I have problems to start an vm because vbox 2.0.0 tells me there is kvm enabled but thats not true. Its definitly an module:

develop:/home/crissi# modinfo kvm
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Qumranet
depends:
vermagic:       2.6.25-2-686 SMP mod_unload 686

and its not loaded:

develop:/home/crissi# lsmod | grep kvm
develop:/home/crissi#

Happens on Debian Lenny running 2.6.25-2-686 distribution kernel.

Additional info: I had installed 1.6.4 which was running fine. Then I upgraded to 1.6.6 and it runs fine too. Then I upgraded to 2.0.0 (using the VirtualBox-1.6.6-Linux_x86.run binary) and it claims about kvm. I went back to 1.6.6 (fixed the xml too) and it also claims about kvm. I dont had rebooted from working vbox 1.6.4.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

VBox.log?

Somebody is using VT-x or AMD-V, so that's why the warning is there. On Linux we just assume it's KVM. It doesn't give fake warnings.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Make sure there are no duplicate vbox drivers around too. Maybe the upgrade went wrong or something.

[Frank Mehnert]

AFAIR you wrote somewhere that indeed kvm was involved, correct?

[Sander van Leeuwen]

I'm just assuming that KVM was active. Reopen if you are absolutely sure that this is not true.