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cannot able to insert the driver module

I am viswanath. i want to know how to insert a driver module in Linux fedora 2.6.
while using insmod <driver name> it showing an error.
shall i install any plugins.
Please help in this regard

What is the error?
Is the module already available but not loaded ? If so use modprobe <module-name>

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Originally Posted by rajagopalviswanath (Post 4008182)

I am viswanath. i want to know how to insert a driver module in Linux fedora 2.6.
while using insmod <driver name> it showing an error.
shall i install any plugins.
Please help in this regard

There is no "Fedora 2.6". There is Fedora Core, of different versions, and there is a Linux kernel 2.6.xxx. Which version of Fedora are you using?

And have you tried looking at the man page for insmod?? The part where it says that most users should use modprobe, since it's a bit more clever?