modprobe ndiswrapper --> Invalid module format

Temlakos temlakos at gmail.com
Mon Jun 20 13:35:34 UTC 2005


Gezim Hoxha wrote:
> I'm trying to install ndiswrappers in FC4. I followed the installation
> manual in their site, but specifically here is what I did.
> 
> First I extracted kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm.
> Then I did "rpm -Uvh kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm".
> It said that it needs hardlink. I extracted hardlink (from cd 1 I
> think). Then I did "rpm -Uvh hardlink-1.0-1.13.i386.rpm". This
> installed, then the kernel installed. Yay!
> Next I attemted to install gcc using same method as last two packages
> but this didn't work too well (had too many dependencies), so I then
> decided to "system-config-packages" the development-tools installed
> fine. Thinking that I didn't have openssl-devel I tried to uncompress it
> from a cd (#1 I think) and then tried to install it but told me that it
> already is installed. 
> Then I downloaded ndiswrappers-1.2 from their site.
> Did:
> then I linked 
> ln
> -s /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686/ /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/build 
> (first time around I mistakenly linked it to 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4/build,
> but then I uninstalled it then did it again with the same results)
> 
> make clean
> su -
> <pass>
> make
> make install
> ndiswrapper -i driver/ir/bcmwl5.inf
> This is what it said:
> Installing bcmwl5
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> 
> Then I checked to see if the driver was installed. Yup.
> [root at WarpPower ndiswrapper-1.2]# ndiswrapper -l Installed ndis drivers:
> bcmwl5  driver present, hardware present
> 
> But here is where it failed:
> 
> [root at WarpPower ndiswrapper-1.2]# modprobe ndiswrapper
> FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper
> (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module
> format
> [root at WarpPower ndiswrapper-1.2]#
> 
> Sorry for such a long message but I hope someone might be able to help
> out. I googled this alot, but to no avail. Most people had this because
> they had update kernel.
> 
> Thank for any suggestions,
> -Gezim
> 
> 

Why didn't you just install ndiswrapper with yum? Livna has it. For that 
matter, I suggest that livna is highly under-rated as a repo for Fedora. 
I find it invaluable.

Temlakos




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