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To build a virtual machine with GNOME Boxes, I have this problem: "virtualization extensions are unavailable on your system. Check your bios settings to enable them."

what's the solution?

Pelian Pur
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To avoid this issue with GNOME Boxes, I had to configure Guix System to add my user account to the libvirt group and enable the virtlog and libvirt system services as below.

(operating-system
  ...
  (users (append (list (user-account
                         (name "me")
                         (comment "Me")
                         (group "users")
                         (supplementary-groups '("libvirt"))))))
  ...
  (services (append
              (list (service virtlog-service-type)
                    (service libvirt-service-type
                      (libvirt-configuration (unix-sock-group "libvirt"))))))
  ...
)

My user account is also a member of the kvm group so I can use guix system vm. This may also be required for GNOME Boxes - I haven't tested without it.

These tips were given to me by liberdiko on Guix IRC.

Ben Sturmfels
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  • Thanks Ben, the problem is solved. More at https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44805 – Pelian Pur Nov 26 '20 at 14:12
  • I confirm that adding `kvm` to `supplementary-groups` and rebooting (even after restarting `libvirtd` and `virtlogd`) was necessary too. Also, I added `virtualization` to `use-service-modules` declaration to make `guix system reconfigure` recognize those service types. – Roman Riabenko Feb 12 '22 at 22:07
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go to your Computer BIOS and Enable VM !

The Nouaiguio
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