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I Have Dell OPTIPLEX 755 machine with VT enabled in BIOS but when i trying to check using KVM i am getting following error

I am missing something? 

root@nova-controller:~# kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm does not exist
HINT:   sudo modprobe kvm_intel
INFO: Your CPU supports KVM extensions
INFO: KVM (vmx) is disabled by your BIOS
HINT: Enter your BIOS setup and enable Virtualization Technology (VT),
      and then hard poweroff/poweron your system
KVM acceleration can NOT be used
root@nova-controller:~#

UPDATE:

root@nova-controller:~# sudo modprobe kvm_intel
FATAL: Error inserting kvm_intel (/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko): Operation not supported

dmesg

[   57.887352] kvm: disable TXT in the BIOS or activate TXT before enabling KVM
[   57.887354] kvm: disabled by bios
[   61.199353] kvm: disable TXT in the BIOS or activate TXT before enabling KVM
[   61.199355] kvm: disabled by bios
[  965.566334] kvm: disable TXT in the BIOS or activate TXT before enabling KVM
[  965.566337] kvm: disabled by bios
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In your BIOS you should have the following settings:

  • Security: Execute Disable should be On
  • Performance: Virtualization should be On
  • Performance: VT for Direct I/O Access should be On
  • Performance: Trusted Execution should be Off

After changing these and saving the settings, physically power off the computer and power it back on.

Michael Hampton
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    Holy Moly!! You guys are super awesome!!! `Trusted Execution should be Off` did magic!! – Satish Aug 29 '13 at 19:28
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    The same worked when VirtualBox reported that VT-x was disabled in the BIOS even though it was definitely enabled. – Agrajag9 Oct 07 '14 at 15:47
  • This is what worked for me on Dell Precision M2400. I can't stress enough how useful this answer is. Please everyone if you find this useful vote UP. I had very strange problems with networking (freezing on ssh connection) on using vagrant with virtualbox. This solved it for me. Thank you very much. – Filip Halaxa Mar 17 '20 at 20:14