u may try insmod with -f option. It works normally. Thanks Ashish -----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sarang Radke Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:33 PM To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: insmod error Hi all, I am trying to write basic device driver program (of course from LDD by Rubini) while using insmod I am getting error "couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for" Can anyone please explain the cause and solution. Thanks in advance. Sarang -- 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/