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How can I get rid of the message "kvm: disabled by BIOS"?

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I'm getting a message:

kvm:disabled by bios

after upgrading my kernel to 3.8.x. I've never installed the KVM package. Neither I can enable virtualization from my BIOS, because of a BIOS bug. I just want to get rid of this weird message. Tried removing any kernel module using modprobe but it didn't work.

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answered 3 Years ago whipstder · Accepted Answer

Create a file called /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf:

(For example, you can use gedit gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf or nano sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-kvm.conf)

Put in it the following three lines:

blacklist kvm

blacklist kvm_intel

blacklist kvm_amd

I'm not sure if this will work for you, because I don't have a suitable system also disabled by BIOS. But this is a reasonable way of disabling KVM on Debian or Ubuntu, so you should try and see if it also works to disable your message.