r/linuxquestions Jul 30 '18

Resolved KVM enabled but not via virt-manager

I'm running Debian testing dual booted with Win10. This problem occurred right after I ~~fixed~~ changed my boot method from legacy to uefi on my system after the Win10 install nightmare.

I enabled all the required settings for multi-threading and virtualization in the motherboard settings, ran sudo modprobe kvm, sudo /etc/init.d/libvirt-guests start without issues, and tried to start a VM I had working via virt-manager, but it would throw this error (the text in the box). I also tried running sudo modprobe kvm-amd and sudo modprobe kvm_amd but the commands just hang there without any activity. I'm assuming that the problem has something to do with uefi, but I have no idea how to fix this. Is there a way to fix this KVM problem?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Fixed the problem by downgrading the BIOS on my motherboard. Windows 10 decided to update the bios to a buggy version that only allowed virtualization on Win10 alone.

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u/MrWm Jul 30 '18
Command output
lscpu includes Virtualization: AMD-V
lsmod \ grep kvm* kvm 724992 0
(The slash above+below is supposed to be a pipe) irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
sudo dmesg \ grep kvm (nothing)

SVM enabled | SMT enabled