rrp@Norton:~$ uname -a Linux Norton 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux rrp@Norton:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by binfmt_misc 7984 1 vboxnetadp 5267 0 vboxnetflt 14966 0 vboxdrv 1792888 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt parport_pc 30086 0 ppdev 6804 0 nvidia 10219518 38 snd_hda_codec_realtek 299533 1 snd_hda_intel 26019 2 snd_hda_codec 100919 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 6660 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 89104 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_seq_midi 5932 0 snd_rawmidi 22207 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 7291 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 57512 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 23850 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6912 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 64117 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device psmouse 62080 0 serio_raw 4910 0 lp 10201 0 soundcore 1240 1 snd snd_page_alloc 8588 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm intel_agp 32080 0 parport 37032 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 24679 0 ahci 21857 0 libahci 26167 1 ahci pata_jmicron 2771 0 firewire_core 54327 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 1739 1 firewire_core r8169 42222 0 mii 5261 1 r8169 rrp@Norton:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority rrp@Norton:~$ VirtualBox --help | head -n2 Oracle VM VirtualBox Graphical User Interface 3.2.10 (C) 2005-2010 Oracle Corporation rrp@Norton:~$ groups rrp rrp : rrp adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare vboxusers