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
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 June 2003 03:28, Max Howell wrote:
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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
Unfortunately every time you have to reboot (for whatever reasons), you will need to open a konsole, su to root, and do insmod -f pwcx-i386 . You'll see some complaints from the kernel, but as long as it says it was 'force loaded' (or something like that), it'll work. Berge, Harry ten said the same thing, I just sort of 'expanded' it a little for you, heh. John - -- I needed fresh bugs for my SuSE gecko, and Linux penguin. So I went out and caught this huge ugly blue and red and green and yellow butterfly. They won't need fresh food for 3 months now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE++IW5H5oDXyLKXKQRAhElAKCBLe5ZNdMnSG6NK0EkqITEp4gYCgCWNxQE ySr5586K2YOQotn5nPy2cw== =0yuY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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