Proxmox 3: KVM don't start

mangeli

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I install proxmox 3.0 and, when I try to start a KVM machiine I have this error:
Could not access KVM kernel module: No such file or directory
failed to initialize KVM: No such file or directory
TASK ERROR: start failed: command '/usr/bin/kvm -id 102 -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/102.qmp,server,nowait' -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/102.vnc,x509,password -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/102.pid -daemonize -name windowsXP-00 -smp 'sockets=1,cores=1' -nodefaults -boot 'menu=on' -vga cirrus -k it -m 2032 -cpuunits 1000 -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/template/iso/Windows-XP-PRO-SP3-marco.iso,if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=native' -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=200' -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/images/102/vm-102-disk-1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none' -device 'ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0,id=ide0,bootindex=100' -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap102i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge' -device 'rtl8139,mac=62:A4:E4:A7:36:F8,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=300' -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime'' failed: exit code

root@proxmox:~# kvm
Could not access KVM kernel module: No such file or directory
failed to initialize KVM: No such file or directory


I read in other thread that I must activate hardware virtualization, but I have do it:
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and I have a compatible processor:
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There are something else I can try?

thanks
 
Hi,
you can try an BIOS update.

Udo

and also power-off your server, remove power cord. wait 10 seconds and try again.
 
Also if you install PVE on your existing Debian host you need to manually load the required modules or restart the host after installation;
 

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