Well, I've also tried 'insmod /path/to/cloop.ko' and there is a same error. This has been bothering me ever since this morning:( Is there anyone who has had the same problem before? TIA. Lei On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 09:02, Michel Hubert wrote: > Starting with kernel 2.6, kernel modules have some versions infos > attached to them. Thats the '*.ko' files. That's the one you should > insmod. > > On my side, I have a different problem, specific to SuSE 9.1. It works > on other distros with kernel 2.6. When linking, I have the following > warning: "xxx is COMMON symbol". And then when I try to load the > module: "invalid module format" > > I know SuSE uses a special branch of gcc 3.3 which includes some > features of gcc 3.4. But what could cause that ? The common symbols > are static members attributes of classes which are no different than > many other similar static members.... > > Any clue ? > > > On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 14:43, Lei Yang wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've got a problem here on installing cloop. I was trying to get > > cloop-2.0.1 built and installed on a SuSe 9.1 box with kernel version > > 2.6.5 . I followed all the instructions in > > http://www.knopper.net/download/knoppix/cloop.README > > and sucessfully went through compilation, depmod -a and mknod. > > > > I don't know how to create a compressed filesystem with cloop yet. But > > when I tried to load the module into kernel, 'insmod /path/to/cloop.o", > > there is an error: > > insmod: error inserting 'cloop.o': -1 Invalid module format > > > > What should I do with it? Could anyone help me? > > > > I am no expert in kernel modules and really appreciate any hints! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Lei > > > > > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
