Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (RHEL 6.6) fails to load vboxvideo_drv.so -> configuration issue

[Rainer]

Redhat has released a minor update to RHEL 6. Latest 4.3.18 seem to build cleanly but xorg driver does not load:

[    16.623] (==) Matched vboxvideo as autoconfigured driver 0
[    16.623] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[    16.623] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[    16.623] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[    16.623] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    16.623] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    16.631] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
[    16.638] (II) Module vboxvideo: vendor="Oracle Corporation"
[    16.638]    compiled for 10.13.0, module version = 1.0.1
[    16.638]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    16.638]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 13.0
[    16.638] (EE) module ABI major version (13) doesn't match the server's version (15)
[    16.638] (II) UnloadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    16.638] (II) Unloading vboxvideo
[    16.638] (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
[    16.638] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    16.638] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    16.639] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.639]    compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 0.8.0
[    16.639]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    16.639]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0

[Michael Thayer]

Run

/etc/init.d/vboxadd-x11 setup

as root or sudo, or re-install the Additions. Sorry we still don't do this automatically...

[Rainer]

Yes, works. Thank you.