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Detects a regular system as a VM

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Describe the bug A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Start systeminformation.system().
  2. The output says that my computer is virtual, but it’s not. Current Output
 virtual: true,
 virtualHost: 'VMware'

Expected behavior It should write that the system is not a virtual machine.

Environment (please complete the following information):

  • systeminformation package version: 5.6.19
  • OS: Linux
  • Hardware: Some computer

Additional context Nothing

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

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sebhildebrandtcommented, May 7, 2021

@Sly-Little-Fox Thank you! Fixed and tested! Version 5.6.20 just released.

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Sly-Little-Foxcommented, May 7, 2021

It found “kvm” in this:

[    5.081487] kvm: Nested Virtualization enabled
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