From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Robert Riches wrote:   
   > On 2012-08-03, Adam  wrote:   
   >> [adam@stolid cpu-checker-0.6]$ sudo modprobe kvm_amd   
   >> FATAL: Error inserting kvm_amd   
   >> (/lib/modules/3.0.37-1mdv/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko.gz): Operation   
   >> not supported   
   >> [adam@stolid cpu-checker-0.6]$   
   >>   
   >> I'm going to look into that "modprobe ... operation not supported".  BTW   
   >> I get the same results as above when running Mandriva 2011.0's   
   >> 2.6.39.4-5.1 kernel.   
   >   
   > My guess would be that you are right that your BIOS is disabling   
   > virtualization.  I'm not sure, but that might account for the   
   > 'Operation not supported' error.   
      
   Yeah, I think that's it.  I tried VirtualBox under Windows and got   
   exactly the same error message from it ("VT-x/AMD-V hardware   
   acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational"), which would   
   support the problem being something at BIOS level.   
      
   Adam   
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