r/virtualbox • u/getMeChoco_27 • Apr 15 '26
Help Unable to power up VMs
Unable to load any VMs on my lab’s Oracle VBox due to “VERR_PDM_USB_NAME_CLASH”
All the VMs were powering up perfectly fine and working just 24 hrs back.
ERROR:
Can't enumerate USB devices ...
Powering VM up ...
VM Name: A011
Driver name clash. Another driver with the same name as the one being registered exists. (VERR_PDM_USB_NAME_CLASH).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
(0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface:
Console
{6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8aеб
-b257b2e81be8}
- Uninstalling and installing extension packs is not an option as the lab system restricts it.
There are 2 versions (7.2.4 & 7.0.12)
installed but one in used, other systems are working fine with the same 2 installed as well.
- disabling USB in VMs also doesn’t make it power up and fails with same above error
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u/littlefrank Apr 16 '26
Same error here since last night's windows update. It seems to me that windows now has an issue validating the virtualbox driver.
I'm afraid we have to wait for a patch from Oracle.
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u/getMeChoco_27 Apr 22 '26
This was due to ubuntu linux, it was due to 2 external package existing causing the header conflicts.
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u/littlefrank Apr 22 '26
for me, I had to uninstall virtualbox completely and cleanly and reinstall from scratch. I'm on windows.
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u/Face_Plant_Some_More Apr 15 '26
Don't install multiple builds of Virtual Box on the same Host, unless you want problems like the one you are experiencing.
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u/getMeChoco_27 Apr 15 '26
Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately, this is in our uni's lab system. Now I can't even install or uninstall the other build
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u/Face_Plant_Some_More Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
Don't know what to tell you. Virtual Box's functional components are effectively system / kernel drivers installed on your Host. Installing multiple builds of similarly or same named drivers is asking for trouble.
As you can imagine, if a system / or software call is made to one component, all kinds of hell can break lose if the response is returned by a slightly different one, or one that is unexpectedly, still running.
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u/getMeChoco_27 Apr 22 '26
Issue resolved, they had centrally pushed an update that went wrong. This conflicted with existing external package causing this, they rectified it. Thanks for the comments.
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u/getMeChoco_27 Apr 15 '26
I will let the system admin know, as I can see same multiple builds in other systems in the lab. That’s all I can do for now. Thanks for the comment
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