Sunday 1 December 2013

VirtualBox 4.3.4 VT-x error.

Hi, today when I start Windows in VirtualBox it display this error
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine W7.  VT-x is not available. (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX).  Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Console Interface: IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6}
I google this error and found this post on VirtualBox forum that solved the problem.
      https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58826
But the command on that post is not complete...
VBoxManage modifyvm vmname longmode off
So mine virtual machine is called "W7"...
VBoxManage modifyvm w7 longmode off
 In terminal...

"VBoxManage: error: Could not find a registered machine named 'w7'
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(a->argv[0]).raw(), machine.asOutParam())" at line 455 of file VBoxManageModifyVM.cpp"

you can see this error is because of the lower case, again in terminal...

VBoxManage modifyvm W7 longmode off
"VBoxManage: error: Invalid parameter 'longmode'"

but if added -- at the beginning of longmode it will work and solve the problem.
VBoxManage modifyvm W7 --longmode off
I hope this help some one.

2 comments:

  1. Ran into the exact same problem and also found this forum post via Google. Had to apply the same corrections that you figured out, too. However, without that post I would've had no clue at all how to address this issue. Hats off to people sharing their knowledge like that person and you!

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  2. Thanks I'm happy that this help you.

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