error : insmod

[Jeff Kirsher]

On 02/11/2013 01:54 AM, sunil wrote:
> hi all,
> while inserting module to the linux kernel, m facing this problem
> -------------------------------------------ERROR-----------------------------------------------------
>
> sunil at ubuntu:~/test/drive$ insmod helloworld.ko
> insmod: error inserting 'helloworld.ko': -1 Operation not permitted
>
> sunil at ubuntu:~/test/drive$ sudo modprobe helloworld
> FATAL: Module helloworld not found.
>
It is a path issue, you need to specify the entire path to helloworld.ko.

For example:

sudo insmod /path/to/your/helloworld.ko

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