Try 'insmod -f'. With insmod the 'force' option works... Regards Harry

-----Original Message----- From: Max Howell [SMTP:subscription@thingybobby.vcisp.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:29 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Trouble loading a module compiled for non-optimised but same kernel

Hi,

I'd like to initially stress that I cannot get the source and compile my own version of this module under any circumstance. It's for my philips webcam and the guy provides all the source he can, but the encryption stuff is forever likely to be binary only.

Anyway, I'm using SuSE 8.2 and the 2.4.20-4GB-athlon kernel, the module was compiled for the 2.4.20 kernel. This is the play of events:

$modprobe pwcx /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.o: kernel-module version mismatch /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.20 while this kernel is version 2.4.20-4GB-athlon. /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.o: insmod /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.o failed /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.o: insmod pwcx failed

If it helps the module is pwcx and is the companion module for pwc (phillips webcam).

The author recommended a modprobe -f command presumably to stop situations

like the above through forcing the load, however I cannot find the -f command line switch documented anywhere, nor anything that look similar.

Does anyone know what I need to do here? Hope someone can help and thanks for your time,

Max Howell

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