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Old 02-06-2004, 12:41 PM   #1
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can't insert modules into 2.6 Kernel


Hi!

I have installed Debian GNU/Linux(testing) installed on my Laptop and
I have problems with inserting modules in the Kernel I use (2.6.1).

I have installed module-init-tools (which are required for 2.6 Kernel module support) but it still don't work!

Always when I want to insert a module I get this message:

insmod: error inserting 'ntfs.ko': Invalid module format


I don't know what to do.
Can anybody help me?
 
Old 02-06-2004, 01:27 PM   #2
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Are any modules installed? Didja remember to do make modules_install? (not trying to be a troll; just that I have forgotten to do that before).
 
Old 02-07-2004, 05:44 PM   #3
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I made 'modules_install'

The way I build the 2.6.1 Kernel (incl. Modules):
In the kernel directory I do:

make
make modules_install
make install

I think thats the right way for the 2.6.1 Kernel, isn't it?
So I wonder why I can't insert the installed modules??

Thankful for any post!
MfG Maxi
 
Old 02-07-2004, 06:55 PM   #4
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Have you tried modconf?
 
Old 02-08-2004, 04:21 AM   #5
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I tried modconf, I tried modprobe,...

But I always get the same error:

error inserting 'ntfs.ko': Invalid module format
 
Old 02-11-2004, 06:07 AM   #6
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Hi!

I've solved the problem.

The problem was, that LILO always booted an old Kernel image and not the new I've still compiled (with modules).
'make install' said that lilo.conf is going to be updated but this was false because LILO always started the old image /vmlinuz and not the new in /boot/vmlinuz (maybe my fault in lilo.conf)

For this reason the Kernel booted was not the same the modules were compiled for -> didn't work.

Thanks to all who posted in this thred!!

Maxi
 
  


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