Keith, You should use the user root to load module kvm_intel. Best, Marcos Amorim 2015-07-27 10:42 GMT-03:00 Keith Roberts <keith.roberts at ecric.nhs.uk>: > 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 at acer-centos kvm]$ ls > kvm-amd.ko kvm-intel.ko kvm.ko > [keith.roberts at acer-centos kvm]$ > [keith.roberts at acer-centos kvm]$ modprobe kvm-intel > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_intel': Operation not permitted > > [keith.roberts at acer-centos kvm]$ lsmod | sort > ... > iwlwifi 112501 1 iwldvm > jbd2 102940 1 ext4 > kvm 461126 0 > libahci 32009 1 ahci > > [keith.roberts at acer-centos kvm]$ modprobe kvm-amd > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_amd': Operation not permitted > [keith.roberts at 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 at 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 at ecric.nhs.uk>: > >> >> On 24 Jul 2015, at 15:51, Marcos Amorim <marcosmamorim at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Warning: This message contains unverified links which may not be safe. You should only click links if you are sure they are from a trusted source. >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-virt mailing list >> CentOS-virt at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20150727/cbbc9db6/attachment-0006.html>