Fix Kernel Panic Not Syncing Attempted to Kill the Idle Task in VirtualBox openSUSE

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Kernel Panic Not Syncing Attempted to Kill the Idle Task

In some cases, you got the error Kernel Panic – not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task when you trying to install an openSUSE VM in VirtualBox.

Fix Kernel Panic Not Syncing Attempted to Kill the Idle Task in VirtualBox openSUSE

The solution is quite simple:

1️⃣ To fix it, let turn off the Ubuntu VM.

2️⃣ Open VM Settings | Select System section.

3️⃣ Under the System options, select Processor tab then assign more than 2 processor cores for the VM. Click OK to save the change then start your VM.

Fix Kernel Panic Not Syncing Attempted to Kill the Idle Task in VirtualBox openSUSE

4️⃣ As you can see, the error was gone, and now you able to install a new openSUSE VM in VirtualBox.

Fix Kernel Panic Not Syncing Attempted to Kill the Idle Task in VirtualBox openSUSE

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