Compatible Virtualbox with Kernel 7.0 in the Zorin Repo now?

[scottyPee]

Hey does anyone know if an updated Virtualbox that works with kernel 7.0 is in the Zorin repo now since the Zorin Dev/Bros FIX?

Or do we need to goto Virtualbox's site to download a compatible version?

[Forpli]

I understood that you can use the normal virtual box package now in kernel 7.0 after applying the new updates and fixes.

@AZorin

and have backported Linux 7.0 support into the standard VirtualBox package ourselves

But please wait that someone else confirms this.

[Aravisian]

Yes, that is confirmed.

[scottyPee]

VirtualBox from the Zorin REPO Installed fine and DKMS Status shows no errors:

scott@scott-Falcon-Talon:~$ sudo dkms status
nvidia/580.159.03, 6.17.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia/580.159.03, 7.0.0-28-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/7.0.16, 7.0.0-28-generic, x86_64: installed

BUT WHEN I TRY AND START WINDOWS 11 IN VIRTUALBOX I AM GETTING AN ERROR - SEE PIC BELOW:

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Maybe try a Reinstall of VirtualBox.

[scottyPee]

I did un-install and re-install

[Aravisian]

Another user showed the same issue...
Can you try this and see if it makes any difference?

Recent kernel update does not work (7.0.0-28-generic)

I wonder if the update resulted in a mixed installation. What is the output for VBoxManage --version modinfo vboxdrv | grep -E "version|vermagic" If the version matches, try: sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms sudo modprobe -r vboxdrv sudo modprobe vboxdrv

[scottyPee]

I tried still got the error when trying to launch Win 11 using Virtualbox

[Aravisian]

Looking at your posted error...

VERR_SVM_IN_USE

In the other thread, it is VERR_NOT_AVAILABLE.

It looks like KVM is in use, so VB cannot use it. Can you try (since you are using AMD):

sudo modprobe -r kvm_amd

sudo modprobe -r kvm

[scottyPee]

scott@scott-Falcon-Talon:~$ sudo modprobe -r kvm_amd
[sudo] password for scott:
modprobe: FATAL: Module kvm_amd is in use.

[Aravisian]

So something is actively using it.
But what?

sudo lsof | grep /dev/kvm

[scottyPee]

scott@scott-Falcon-Talon:~$ sudo lsmod | grep kvm
[sudo] password for scott:
kvm_amd 253952 1
kvm 1507328 3 kvm_amd
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
ccp 188416 1 kvm_amd

[Aravisian]

Eh... That only shows what we know - that 1 process is using it.
What about

sudo fuser -v /dev/kvm

[scottyPee]

For grins I did a Time-shift back to 6.17.0-40-generic and have Oracle Virtualbox running Win 11

See screeny below:

Now not running Virtualbox:

[Aravisian]

From this, I do not know about you but, it looks to me like there is still an issue with the 7.0 kernel and the stable VirtualBox package in the repository.
I am not sure what it is, or how to solve that in this moment.

But too similar reports right after the 7.0 kernel conflict suggest that these are not isolated cases.
I think the proper course is to redirect this to the Zoringroup.

[scottyPee]

Yeah, I just re-installed kernel update 7.0 and here is the results from sudo lsmod | grep kvm:

Thanks for your help Aravisian... Until it's sorted out, I can always dual boot into Windows 11 if I need to