Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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new_programmer
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Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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Hello All,

I'm having a problem trying to run a VM (Mininet) in virtual box 4.3.12 on Linux Mint 17 Qiana (3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux)

The following error keeps appearing:
VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system.

I run the following command and the output is shown below.

user@user ~ $ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.0

Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes
Unity 3D supported: yes

Let me know if any further outputs are required.
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
New Programmer
Perryg
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Re: Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

Post by Perryg »

The error has nothing to do with video. It has to do with hardware virtualization and the fact that it is missing from your host or disabled.
Check your bios, & CPU and see if it needs to be enabled or if it is even supported.
new_programmer
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Re: Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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Thanks for the prompt response.

Please see the "Acceleration" tab is greyed out in System settings on Virtual Box.

How to check "hardware virtualization" on CPU?

It's enabled on BIOS.
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Re: Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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Not according to VirtualBox it isn't. If it were the acceleration tab would not be grayed out.
The only other thing would be something else is using VT-x, but this usually has a different error. Post the guests log file ( as an attachment )
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Re: Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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Please see the attached files as requested.
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Re: Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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00:00:00.589772 HMR3Init: Falling back to raw-mode: VT-x is disabled in the BIOS.
If as you say it shows as enabled you have a problem. See if there is an update to your bios.
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Re: Mininet on VirtualBox 4.3.12 not running in LinuxMint 17

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Thanks for the help.
It was disabled somehow in BIOS, although I checked before it was enabled. Strange!
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