On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 2:39 PM, ajit mote <mail2black...@gmail.com> wrote: [snip] >> Your shell prompt suggests that you are a normal user. You can only use >> modprobe as root. >> > i don't thing this is because of modprobe executed by non root user > , if you execute modprobe by non root user then you will get following error > > FATAL: Error inserting ${MODULE_NAME} : Operation not permitted
Erik is right, see the $ on the prompt. prade...@segphault:~$ modprobe abcd FATAL: Module abcd not found. prade...@segphault:~$ You get error inserting $module_name when you do have module under your /lib/modules/* i.e prade...@segphault:~$ modprobe video1394 FATAL: Error inserting video1394 (/lib/modules/2.6.24-22-generic/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/video1394.ko): Operation not permitted prade...@segphault:~$ HTH, --Pradeep > >> >> Erik >> >> -- >> Erik Mouw -- m...@nl.linux.org >> GPG key fingerprint: D6AC 7F15 A26E C5C4 62E0 4A58 FCF9 551C 9B48 B68D > > > Thanks & Regards, > Ajit Subhash Mote > -- Pradeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ