Ubuntu 20.4: Virtualbox not running after the last upgrade

When launching a VM in Virtualbox I got an error saying that it can’t be started because a required module isn’t loaded. It suggests to manually load it. Re-installing Virtualbox also fails because the virtualbox-dkms package can’t be configured The last system update upgraded the kernel from 5.4 to 5.8,…

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AMD/Gigabyte: Enable hardware acceleration for virtualisation in the BIOS

In the Gigabyte BIOS you need to activate a series of settings on different sections in order for KVM to be able to use hardware acceleration. M.I.T. -> Advanced Frequency Settings -> Advanced CPU Core Settings -> SVM Mode set to Enable Chipset -> IOMMU set to Enabled Save settings…

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