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On Saturday 26 August 2006 7:05 pm, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
run depmod-a and try modinfo linmodem. If you get a return of some info (and for which kernel it was built for), and want to try, modprobe linmodem. I still suspect it may not work because of the huge difference in kernel versions.
Here it is: suillus:/lib/modules # depmod -a suillus:/lib/modules # modinfo linmodem filename: /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.11-default/misc/linmodem.ko license: GPL description: Generic Linux Software Modem TTY Layer author: Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbieri@gmail.com> depends: vermagic: 2.6.5-7.155.29-default 586 REGPARM gcc-3.3 suillus:/lib/modules # modprobe linmodem FATAL: Error inserting linmodem (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.11-default/misc/linmodem.ko): Invalid module format So it finds the module if I ask for it simply as "linmodem" but doesn't like its "format". I wonder if the "format" really has to have the right version to be valid. That would seem surprising (but maybe it's true) since I'd expect a complaint about "wrong version", not "wrong format", unless the format was totally off. Paul