Full error:
Exiting due to PR_VBOX_BLOCKED: Failed to start host: creating host: create: creating: Unable to start the VM: /usr/bin/VBoxManage startvm minikube --type headless failed:
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'minikube' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
Solution:
# Purge VirtualBox.
sudo killall VirtualBox
sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox
rm -rf ~/.config/VirtualBox/
# Wipe minikube cache
rm -rf ~/.minikube/
# Reinstall VirtualBox
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
# Rebuild minikube VM
minikube start --driver=virtualbox
Solution in one line:
sudo killall VirtualBox; rm -rf ~/.config/VirtualBox/; rm -rf ~/.minikube/; sudo apt-get remove -y --purge virtualbox && sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox && minikube start --driver=virtualbox
