Thanks for all the replies.

Looking at the specs for the processor it does not seem to have the vmx features in /proc/cpuinfo:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-2-Duo-T6400-Notebook-Processor.35100.0.html

and the output from grep -E ‘vmx|svm’ /proc/cpuinfo is empty.

/lib/modules/3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64/kernel/arch/x86/kvm

[keith.roberts@acer-centos kvm]$ ls

kvm-amd.ko  kvm-intel.ko  kvm.ko

[keith.roberts@acer-centos kvm]$

[keith.roberts@acer-centos kvm]$ modprobe kvm-intel

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_intel': Operation not permitted

[keith.roberts@acer-centos kvm]$ lsmod | sort

...

iwlwifi               112501  1 iwldvm

jbd2                  102940  1 ext4

kvm                   461126  0

libahci                32009  1 ahci

[keith.roberts@acer-centos kvm]$ modprobe kvm-amd

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_amd': Operation not permitted

[keith.roberts@acer-centos kvm]$ modprobe kvm-intel

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_intel': Operation not permitted

Is it still possible to create some KVM type virtual machines with this laptop, to be ported to the VM host server machine later, or

do I need another laptop with the required CPU flags?

Kind Regards,

Keith 

On 24 Jul 2015, at 16:46, Marcos Amorim <marcosmamorim@gmail.com> wrote:

Keith,

What error?

What's your processor? if it's AMD, you need modprobe kvm_amd instead of kvm_intel.

Marcos Amorim

2015-07-24 12:27 GMT-03:00 Keith Roberts <keith.roberts@ecric.nhs.uk>:

On 24 Jul 2015, at 15:51, Marcos Amorim <marcosmamorim@gmail.com> wrote:

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Keith,

Try modprobe
modprobe kvm
modprobe kvm_intel

Regards,

Marcos Amorim

Thanks Marcos.

I tried modprobe kvm and that loaded that kernel module.

I got an error trying to load the kvm_intel module though.

Kind Regards,

Keith

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