VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH Error on starting VirtualBox

gbleifuss · Post by **gbleifuss** » 14. Jan 2009, 16:52

Hi,

I installed virtual box on a RH5 linux host system and created a virtual machine for windows XP successfully.
However, if I want to start the machine in order to install Windows I get the folllowing error message:

The VirtualBox support driver which is running is from a different version of VirtualBox. You can correct this by stopping all running instances of VirtualBox and reinstalling the software. (VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH).

I already tried to uninstall and reinstall VirtualBox, but this did not help.
Does anybody know what the error means and how to solve the issue?

Thanks very much,

Guenther

Post by **Sasquatch** » 15. Jan 2009, 01:06

The issue is that there is some residual config from a previous version. Completely remove VB and it's config (apt-get remove --purge) then install it again. Your VMs are stored in your home folder, so those won't be removed.