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jf25

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From: Germany

Registered: 2015-07-11

Posts: 35

Running linux-lts for virtualbox 6.0

Hi!

Since version 6.1 virtualbox does require a CPU with VT-x support. My CPU in theory supports it but my BIOS does not allow me to enable it (and there is no newer BIOS version). That's why I started ignoring virtualbox updates, sticking at 6.0.14-4 (knowing this is not officially supported). Now after the update to linux 5.6, the vboxdrv kernel module failed to load and thus, virtualbox can no longer run any VMs. So I switched from linux to linux-lts and it works again.

Now I'm wondering how long it will take until linux-lts is updated to something > 5.5 and virtualbox stops working again. I do not want to replace my laptop yet. It's from 2012 and still works well (apart from the battery, but hey). Are there other possibilities?

Thanks in advance for suggestions!

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: Running linux-lts for virtualbox 6.0

At the current time it's still unknown which will be the next LTS kernel but it's usually the last release of the year.

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unnilquadium

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Registered: 2017-08-27

Posts: 86

Re: Running linux-lts for virtualbox 6.0

I have the exact same problem.

Would it be possible to load the legacy vbox driver into a newer kernel to maitain support for these older machines?