[xubuntu-users] AMD-V and xubuntu

Peter Nacken peter.nacken at gmx.de
Mon May 12 14:49:20 UTC 2025


Hi,

I'd to search a bit more and I solved it with following steps

sudo lsmod | grep -E 'kvm'

sudo rmmod kvm_amd
sudo rmmod kvm

Added to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf -> blacklist kvm_amd and 
blacklist kvm

Reboot the system and I could start the VMs

Peter

Am 12.05.25 um 08:41 schrieb Peter Nacken:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to restore an older VM with VirtualBox and I get the error 
> message ( VirtualBox can't enable the AMD-V extension. Please disable 
> the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot 
> (VERR_SVM_IN_USE). )
>
> I get the same error message when I try to create a new VM.
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Best regards Peter
>
> list of services
>  [ - ]  alsa-utils
>  [ - ]  anacron
>  [ + ]  apparmor
>  [ + ]  apport
>  [ + ]  binfmt-support
>  [ + ]  bluetooth
>  [ + ]  clamav-daemon
>  [ - ]  clamav-freshclam
>  [ - ]  console-setup.sh
>  [ + ]  cron
>  [ + ]  cups
>  [ + ]  dbus
>  [ - ]  grub-common
>  [ - ]  keyboard-setup.sh
>  [ + ]  kmod
>  [ + ]  lightdm
>  [ + ]  lm-sensors
>  [ + ]  openvpn
>  [ - ]  plymouth
>  [ + ]  plymouth-log
>  [ + ]  procps
>  [ - ]  rsync
>  [ - ]  saned
>  [ + ]  seatd
>  [ - ]  speech-dispatcher
>  [ - ]  spice-vdagent
>  [ + ]  sysstat
>  [ + ]  ufw
>  [ + ]  unattended-upgrades
>  [ - ]  uuidd
>  [ - ]  whoopsie
>  [ - ]  x11-common
>
>
> VirtualBox can't enable the AMD-V extension. Please disable the KVM 
> kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_SVM_IN_USE).
>
> Result Code:
>
> 	
>
> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
>
> Component:
>
> 	
>
> ConsoleWrap
>
> Interface:
>
> 	
>
> IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}
>

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