While installed kernel 6.12 on Fedora 41, no VM can be started:
VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
ConsoleWrap
Interface:
IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}
Fedora 41 kernel 6.12 error loading VMs
Re: Fedora 41 kernel 6.12 error loading VMs
While root:
$ lsmod | grep kvm
kvm_intel 446464 0
kvm 1454080 1 kvm_intel
$ modprobe -r kvm_intel
Above helped. To disable kvm_intel kernel module....
Should that be like this?
$ lsmod | grep kvm
kvm_intel 446464 0
kvm 1454080 1 kvm_intel
$ modprobe -r kvm_intel
Above helped. To disable kvm_intel kernel module....
Should that be like this?
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Re: Fedora 41 kernel 6.12 error loading VMs
Hi pepicheck,
It's a known problem since release of 7.1.4.
Kernel 6.12. in Fedora 41 is loading kvm modules (kvm_intel or kvm_amd) by default which conflicts with VirtualBox.
viewtopic.php?t=112890
See: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
It's a known problem since release of 7.1.4.
Kernel 6.12. in Fedora 41 is loading kvm modules (kvm_intel or kvm_amd) by default which conflicts with VirtualBox.
viewtopic.php?t=112890
See: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
It feels like a deja vu. It was around a couple of times in the past. But I am sure it will be fixed in the future. Downgrading to 6.11 is also an option if you cannot live without kvm_* modules.Introduce initial support for kernel 6.12 (NOTE: In kernel 6.12, KVM initializes virtualization on module loading by default. This prevents VirtualBox VMs from starting. In order to avoid this, either add "kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0" parameter into kernel command line or unload corresponding kvm_XXX module)