6.1.18 on BigSur 11.2.3 - fails to start, ok greyed out

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scr67
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6.1.18 on BigSur 11.2.3 - fails to start, ok greyed out

Post by scr67 »

I am in a deadlock situation.
I have This ERROR:

System acceleration page:
The Hardware virtualization is enabled in Acceleration section of the System page although it it not supported by the host system. It should be disabled in order to star the virtual system.

Also the OK to save is greyed out - I cannot save.
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Re: 6.1.18 on BigSur 11.2.3 - fails to start, ok greyed out

Post by multiOS »

Is this on a 'new' M1 (ARM-based) Mac Model? Personally, I haven't come across any Intel-based Macs capable of running 'Big Sur' which don't natively support hardware acceleration, so the error message implies something 'unusual' at system level.
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Re: 6.1.18 on BigSur 11.2.3 - fails to start, ok greyed out

Post by mpack »

And just to be clear: an x86 hypervisor requires an x86 CPU.
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