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Harey

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From: Bavaria, Germany

Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 373

[Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

Morning,

today I upgraded to kernel 6.12.arch1-1 and virtualbox-host-modules-arch 7.1.4-10 from testing and my virtualbox installation stopped working with the following error:

VirtualBox can't enable the AMD-V extension. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_SVM_IN_USE)

downgrading to kernel 6.11.9.arch1-1 and virtualbox-host-modules 7.1.4-9 solved the issue. AMD-V is enabled in BIOS and no BIOS settings were changed at all.

Any ideas?

Last edited by Harey (2024-11-24 09:12:32)

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eworm

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From: Oberhausen, Germany

Registered: 2010-01-30

Posts: 107

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Re: [Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

Anybody can give it a test with Intel hardware? I guess it is the same there...

And anybody can try with boot parameter

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0

? Guess that prevents the issue, not sure about side effects.

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nperry

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Registered: 2010-05-16

Posts: 87

Re: [Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

Anybody can give it a test with Intel hardware? I guess it is the same there...

And anybody can try with boot parameter

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0

? Guess that prevents the issue, not sure about side effects.

can confirm boot param works on amd, no obvious side effects from the outset.

Harey

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From: Bavaria, Germany

Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 373

Re: [Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

Hey, sorry for the late answer but I can also confirm that virtualbox works on 6.12. with

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0

enabled.
Does this mean I have to keep this in my grub.cfg from now on or will the kernel config be changed?

Greetings
Harvey

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eworm

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From: Oberhausen, Germany

Registered: 2010-01-30

Posts: 107

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Re: [Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

No. Drop that boot parameter, then update your system and make sure virtualbox 7.1.4-2 is included.

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Harey

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From: Bavaria, Germany

Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 373

Re: [Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

Confirmed. Removed boot parameter and all works as it should out-of-the-box. Thank you! Setting topic to 'Solved'

Last edited by Harey (2024-11-24 09:12:51)

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Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,554

Re: [Solved] virtualbox 7.1.4 can't run on kernel 6.12 on an AMD machine

No. Drop that boot parameter, then update your system and make sure virtualbox 7.1.4-2 is included.

I'm also issue on AMD, Zen 3 with qemu+kvm under linux-zen 6.12.
Downgrading to 6.11.9 solves the issue.

I have CPU cores isolated for the VM. Those lock at 100% usage when Windows starts booting in the VM, and new processes don't spawn until I force the VM off.

Boot parameter did not help.
Looks to be unrelated, sorry for spam. I may make a new thread.

Last edited by Ranguvar (Yesterday 19:47:48)