Comment 41 for bug 292588

I tried that when I first reported the bug. The files still loaded
despite being blacklisted.

That was my original annoyance. I should have just been able to stop
KVM ever loading, but couldn't

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On 12 May 2010, at 01:20, Christophe Besson <<email address hidden>
 > wrote:

> (not tested)
> If you want to use VirtualBox as your default VT solution and if you
> don't want to uninstall kvm, try to not load the kvm modules at
> startup by adding a new file in /etc/modprobe.d/kvm-blacklist,
> containing these directives:
> blacklist kvm
> blacklist kvm_intel
>
> That should work after the next reboot. After that, in case you need
> to
> run KVM just for one time, you need to load the kvm modules thanks to
> "modprobe kvm && modprobe kvm_intel" before lauching your KVM machine.
>
> What is the best behavior for the installation of the package in order
> to have VBox running out of the box? I don't know. For example, exim
> is
> removed when you install postfix (Conflicts: mail-transport-agent),
> but
> we can maybe imagine a thing like an update-alternative machanism (?)
>
> --
> VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292588
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>
> Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “virtualbox-ose” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
>
> When starting virtualmachine, VirtualBox will complain now:
>
> "Failed to start the virtual machine XYZ
>
> VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM
> kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot.
> VBox status code: -4011 (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).
>
> Result Code:
> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> Component:
> Console
> Interface:
> IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}"
>
> This worked with 8.04 LTS ubuntu, so how can I install kernel that
> will work with new virtualbox on 8.10?
>
> # lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.10
> Release: 8.10
> # apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
> virtualbox-ose:
> Asennettu: 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1
> Ehdokas: 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1
> Versiotaulukko:
> *** 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
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