Re: kvm 76 - open /dev/kvm: No such device or address

[Matias Aguirre <maguirre@matware.com.ar>]

$ groups
audio floppy video cdrom plugdev web kvm

The user have the kvm group. Can be the CPU broke?

Michael Malone wrote:
> Also, you might want to make sure that the user you're using to run 
> KVM has been added to the kvm group and make sure that your X-session 
> has been restarted since this change, or it will not have taken effect.
>
> Matias Aguirre wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Im using 2.6.26.5 kernel and slackware-current distribution. I was 
>> compiled the latest 76 version of kvm and when i run kvm i return 
>> this error:
>>
>> open /dev/kvm: No such device or address
>> Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support
>>
>> The module is already loaded:
>>
>> # lsmod
>> Module                  Size  Used by
>> kvm_intel              33984  0
>> kvm                   116156  1 kvm_intel
>> nvidia               6886800  26
>>
>> And my CPU have VM support.
>>
>> # cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx
>> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr 
>> pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm 
>> pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx 
>> smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr 
>> pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm 
>> pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx 
>> smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>>
>> And the file permission:
>>
>> # dir /dev/kvm
>> crw-rwxr-- 1 root kvm 250, 0 2008-10-07 18:22 /dev/kvm
>>
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
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