I am trying to install another OS in my KVM but I see this error in the process of installing another OS to run in the VM.
‘Warning KVM is not available. This may mean the KVM package is not installed, or the modules are not loaded. Your virtual machines may perform poorly.’
Has it always said that ?
What’s the output from:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
It probably means either your CPU doesn’t support hardware accelerated virtualisation … or it’s disabled in the BIOS after your BIOS reset.
cat /proc/cpuinfo
[spoiler]pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 107
model name : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x83
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
bogomips : 2008.68
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps
processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 107
model name : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x83
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
bogomips : 2008.68
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$[/spoiler]
OK, the Athlon 64 X2 5200+ was a “Windsor” CPU, sodoes support AMD-V (AMD’s hardware virtualisation acceleration), and this is confirmed by the “svm” flag from cpuinfo.
So I can only assume that resetting the BIOS has turned off hardware virtualisation support in the BIOS … look in your BIOS for an option to turn it back on.
Ah, yes, I DO remember seeing it in the BIOS settings AND in the link to the M3A76-CM manual you posted in the Multiboot thread.
I’m also getting this error (if you could call it such), where the dialogue boxes are slightly off-screen!
Including the error reported in the boxes, the VM can’t access external drives!
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http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9349/uone.png
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If you’ve installed Manjaro in the MV, do you still need the ISO image mounting ? … if not, unmount it (somewhere in the virt-manager, I would think).
I know very little about KVM/virt-manager.
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Is the Manjaro iso located on the NTFS formatted drive?
You cannot apply linux permissions to that.
I’ve not yet installed Manjaro in the VM as SeZo points out, the VM can’t access the NTFS drive 
So I will have to put a copy on another drive…
@Mark - Did you notice the placement of the dialogue boxes… Right at the TOP of the screen… Cutting off the top of the box…
How do/can i move them or even get them to be displayed in the centre of the screen?
Got right near the end and got this error!
Unable to complete install: 'internal error Process exited while reading console log output: Error opening file for reading: Permission denied
char device redirected to /dev/pts/0
kvm-spice: -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Manjaro.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw: could not open disk image /var/lib/libvirt/images/Manjaro.img: Permission denied
I know nothing about KVM so cannot help you on this but would ask if this is even necessary as you have managed to install it once before. So you can do it again (just smake sure you skip the grub install).
Sorry pooky, I’ve never really used KVM/Virt-manager … so can’t really help with configuration.
I’ve always used virtualbox …
I think MP knows more about KVM so should wait for him to see the thread or should I give him a nudge?
Anyways… I think this little problem has more to do with ownership of the file (CHOWN)
But I cant remember how to change it to let ‘all’ use it…
[EDIT]
I’ve gone into ‘Properties’ and changed the permissions there but it still wont let me install Manjaro!
Fixed it, I was pointing it at a copy of the iso that is for some reason couldn’t open!!!
Got it installed in the KVM but it does not boot to desktop!!!
It just locks at this screen…
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4011/1s1i.png
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4011/1s1i.th.png
If this is only practice for a “proper” installation … why not try something else, such as virtualbox.
Neither version of Manjaro work - XFCE or Openbox!
Well no, it won’t be the desktop environment if it’s not getting as far as the login screen … the desktop is loaded after the login screen (which is why you get to choose an environment at that screen).
What’s the diff?
If I’ve “never really used KVM/virt-manager”, how can I answer that 
