[SOLVED] VirtualBox plugin will not run 64bit server

Hello all,

I am running OMV 0.4.11on an AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core proc 3800+ and 6GB RAM. I've installed the OpenMediaVault VirtualBox plugin and according to dpkg the following is installed:

root@omv1:~# dpkg -l | grep virtual
ii openmediavault-virtualbox 0.3.2 OpenMediaVault VirtualBox plugin
ii virtualbox-4.1 4.1.22-80657~Debian~squeeze Oracle VM VirtualBox
root@omv1:~#

I created a new virtual machine and I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 server 64bit. When I start the VM i get the following error:

This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.

Thanks in advance.

It does, here is the output.
root@omv1:~# dpkg --print-architecture
amd64
root@omv1:~#

But i just realized that i upgraded from 0.3 to 0.4 but i'm still using the 0.3 plugins. Could that be the issue? Can i just add the new plugin for 0.4 version?

The only option in the BIOS is for 64bit technology and it is enabled. Also, If i boot from another HDD i can run win7 64bit on the same hardware. I can also download the win version of VirtualBox and run the 64 bit Ubuntu server or a virtual OMV 64bit.

I also checked the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X…irtualization_.28AMD-V.29 link and the CPU supports AMD-V. I'm running Athlon 64 X2

It's a DELL Optiplex 740. I'll try upgrading and see what happens.

Hi All, everything is up to date but i'm still getting the same error. Here is the CPU as it appears in the phpVirtualBox screen

OS Type: Linux (2.2.32-5-amd46)
VirtualBox: 4.2.4(81684)
Base Memory: 5923MB
Processor(s): AMD Athlon(tm) 64X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (2)
HWVirtEx, PAE, Long Mode (64-bit)

Any ideas?

Thanks

I've tried both Windows and Ubuntu but i get the same message. I also checked the BIOS but there is no setting that can be enabled or disabled. If i install windows on the same hardware, everything works fine.

Hi all,

It's working now. Here is what i had to do:
1. Uninstall the openmediavault-virtualbox plugin from the GUI
2. Uninstall virtualbox-4.2 using the apt-get remove command
3. Run apt-get autoremove to clean up the system.
4. reboot
5. Remove "/home/vbox/.VirtualBox" and "/root/.VirtualBox" directories
6. Install openmediavault-virtualbox plugin using the apt-get command
7. Create "/home/vbox/.VirtualBox" and "/root/.VirtualBox" directories and change the owner to vbox:vboxusers for both

Now I can run 64bit versions of Ubuntu and Windows.

Thanks for all your help