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My host OS is SUSE 10.3 and I have been happily running VirtualBox on it for at least 6 months. I have just accepted an update via Yast and now when I start VirtualBox, I receive the error shown below.


Thanks for any assistance that can be offered.
Darren.


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Could not load the settings file '/home/darren/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml' (VERR_OPEN_FAILED).
FATAL ERROR: Attribute 'version' has a value, '1.3-linux', that does not match its #FIXED value, '1.2-linux'
Location: '/home/darren/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml', line 5, column 83.


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
VirtualBox
Interface:
IVirtualBox {76b25f3c-15d4-4785-a9d3-adc6a462beec}

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Problem solved more through good luck than good management.

First of all I used the command:

"VBoxManage clonevdi /home/darren/.VirtualBox/VDI/xp.vdi /home/darren/xp_Backup.vdi"

This backed up my XP guest.

I then went to the VirtualBox site and downloaded the latest 2.1.2 RPM for SUSE. Right click and selected to install with Yast. After installing I started it without issues. There wasn't even a need to backup the .vdi file as VirtualBox opened my previous XP guest and all snapshots without a problem.

I know this doesn't answer what happened originally but hopefully what I did may help anyone with the same problem.

All the best.
Darren.

It's usually caused if you want to run a newer VM config in an older VB version. E.g., VMs created in 2.1.x won't run on 2.0.x.