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Any Linux installing as "KVM"?

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Stellar_Dominus

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Hello! I have a problem when I try to install any type of Linux Distribution into my PC. While booting up, it's giving an error something like "KVM initialization error...Disabled in BIOS..." something. Sorry, I can't be specific. KVM is virtualization thing right? Why would it try to install as KVM Virtualization when I try to install it as my main Operating System? Maybe it's my Motherboard settings. Please help me to install Linux perfectly and how to adjust the settings in my BIOS if I need to. By the way, I'm using all default settings in Motherboard, no tweaks. And this happened when I'm trying to install Ubuntu and Arch Linux. Thank you.

Here is my PC:
Intel Core i5-6500
Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 2133 MHz
ASUS MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Motherboard
ASUS STRIX GTX 1060 6GB
 
KVM Virtualization is supported in most modern *nix distros, so whether you intend to use it or not it is enabled by default. If you want to use virtualization, you'll need to enable it in your BIOS or make some other change to correct the conflict, otherwise just ignore it.

"KVM: disabled by BIOS" error
 
AnonymouseUser said:
KVM Virtualization is supported in most modern *nix distros, so whether you intend to use it or not it is enabled by default. If you want to use virtualization, you'll need to enable it in your BIOS or make some other change to correct the conflict, otherwise just ignore it.

"KVM: disabled by BIOS" error
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Oh alright. I also noticed I was getting "Unknown Chipset nouveau" error while installing Ubuntu. This must be due to NVIDIA GPU driver detection problem. Anyway, thanks for the reply.
 
Its a point of convention I suppose, but generally you want to use the proprietary drivers with nvidia hardware because nouveau (the open source one that basically had to be reverse engineered into existence) just isn't to great.
 
Specifically, to fix this you want to go into your UEFI or BIOS and search for anything with Virtualization, Intel VT-x, or AMD SVM in the name depending on your CPU and socket. I am told that this is a slight security risk and to leave it off if not running VMs.
 
Azuma Hazuki said:
Specifically, to fix this you want to go into your UEFI or BIOS and search for anything with Virtualization, Intel VT-x, or AMD SVM in the name depending on your CPU and socket. I am told that this is a slight security risk and to leave it off if not running VMs.
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Thank you for the suggestion. Also, I figured out that NVIDIA GPU is also causing "nouveau" issue, some sort of graphics issues when installing/booting linux.
 
Ah, yes, many nVidia GPUs have compatibility with the open-source "nouveau" driver.

You can get around this by making a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and adding just one line, saying "blacklist nouveau" (no quotes) in it, then saving it. Make sure you then install nVidia proprietary drivers, else you'll end up with either unaccelerated VESA 1024x768 screen or, worse, no graphics at all, maybe even no console!

You may wish to boot in single-user mode and make these changes (the blacklist file, and apt-get'ing or rpm'ing or pacman'ing your distro's nVidia binary drivers).
 
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