My VirtualBox is suddenly broken (VERR_SVM_IN_USE) which is apparently due to conflict with KVM. What’s an admin to do? = lsmod | grep -i kvm kvm_amd 241664 0 kvm 1388544 1 kvm_amd irqbypass 12288 1 kvm ccp 192512 1 kvm_amd Presum…

I’ve moved your post into a dedicated Topic. Of course, it may help if you supply your System Information: inxi -zv8 Note that the output produced by this command is privacy-filtered. Please also remember to use proper code formatting as this makes it much easier to read on the Forum: ▶ [Mini Ho…

Please take a look at this thread and this post: [image] Can't start VirtualBox VMs after update System Updates There are plenty of websites… Use this boot parameter: kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0 Anyway, the solution is disabling kvm, when using VirtualBox. …

Thanks, I saw similar info elsewhere. The trick is knowing if the kvm is needed or not. It seems that, for me, irqbypass and ccp use it. Note that I’ve never seen this problem before, so I presume it was introduced by a recent update. I was hoping to get the answer without having to go through a…

If you did it like that, then it will only apply to your current instance. After rebooting the modules will be loaded again.

Virtualbox issue following Stable Update 2026-07-11

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Please take a look at this thread and this post: