On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:43:13AM +0530, \/rt wrote: > Hello all, > I recently purchased a usb webcam. > lsusb shows: > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0ac8:301b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0301 > WebCam > I got a driver from : http://www.linux-projects.org/modules/news/ > My current kernel is the vanilla 2.6.16 compiled with gcc-3.3.6(debian > sarge). > I did a few apt-get upgrades and gcc --version shows 4.0.4 > When i do a modprobe(or insmod), i get "An incompatible module format > error". > I guess its using the 4.0.4 and trying to insert into the kernel? > Could this be the problem? Kindly advise on how to proceed. Try asking the authors of the driver you built, they would be the ones who would know best. (hint, you can't build and load modules with a different compiler than you built your kernel with, they all need to be the same.) good luck, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
