On 2018-06-08 22:38, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 22:30 Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote: > > > On 2018-06-08 22:00, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > > > > What's the output of: > > > uname -r > > > strings /path/to/your/module.ko | grep vermagic= > > > > Here are the results for 4.9.105 (working): > > > > matica!6 ~$ uname -r > > 4.9.105 > > matica!7 ~$ strings > > /lib64/modules/4.9.105/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko | > > fgrep -e 'vermagic=' > > vermagic=4.9.105 SMP > > > > Let me know if you need to see the ones for the broken kernel ... > > > > Yes, we want to make sure the vermagic of the modules you're trying to load > matches the output of uname -r of the running kernel.
Ok, here: Script started on 2018-06-08 21:11:04-0700 matica!501 ~# ls -l /lib64/modules/4.9.107/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54280 Jun 8 20:57 /lib64/modules/4.9.107/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko matica!502 ~# uname -r 4.9.107 matica!503 ~# strings /lib64/modules/4.9.107/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon .ko | fgrep -e 'vermagic=' vermagic=4.9.107 SMP matica!504 ~# modprobe fbcon modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'fbcon': Exec format error matica!505 ~# exit Script done on 2018-06-08 21:14:46-0700 Sorry to ruin the low-hanging hypothesis :-P -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.