<pre><code>minikube start
</code></pre>

<p>giving below error messaage on Manjaro Deepin ( Arch Linux ). </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>E1002 00:02:24.832976   26272 start.go:143] Error starting host:
  Temporary Error: Error configuring auth on host: OS type not
  recognized.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>tried it on VirtualBox with Ubuntu 16.04 and VT-X/AMD-v not enable error giving even Virtualbox preference set to VT-X/AMD-v enable. </p>

<p>Note : Need to fix the issue on my local machine not the virtualBox</p>

<p>uname -a output </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Linux xxx-pc 4.9.51-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 20 10:37:40 UTC
  2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux</p>
</blockquote>

<p>If working on <strong>Linux</strong>, follow the steps:</p>

<p>Uninstall/delete all minikube related files</p>

<pre><code>1. minikube delete
2. rm /usr/local/minikube
3. rm -rf ~/.minikube
</code></pre>

<p>Then do <code>minikube start</code> again. If it doesn't work uninstall &amp; reinstall minikube.      </p>

<p>For <strong>Windows</strong> user follow these steps:                   </p>

<ol>
<li>Do <code>minikube delete</code></li>
<li>Delete <code>C:\Users\username\.minikube</code> folder.</li>
<li>Do <code>minikube start</code> again.                  </li>
</ol>

<p><strong>Also</strong>, don't forget to stop all the process related to <strong><code>VirtualBox</code></strong> including <code>VBoxHeadless</code> before deleting minikube.</p>
