Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: "Torben Schou Jensen" Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: Unable to install .iso's in virtualbox, but why? Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:20:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Sun Sep 9 18:13:07 2018 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -6.1 Reply-To: tsj@swampthing.dk User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.23 [SVN] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Importance: Normal X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/739861 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/f244390c8b6bfa5245bf8375b69affdd.squirrel@swampthing.dk Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 19 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 20:12:35 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <87y3can469.fsf@skimble.plus.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:199925 What kind of CPU are you using with this bios and motherboard? > I'm having great difficulty in getting virtualbox running. every time > that I try to install an iso it fails and shows this in a pop-up - > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Debian-64. > > VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes > (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED). > > Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap > Interface: IConsole > {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > I've had a look at the bios setup and I can't see anywhere that mentions > 'vt-x'. >