On Sat, Jun 9, 2018, 07:34 Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
Did dmesg have anything useful to say other than exec format error?
Have you tried insmod'ing the modules instead of modprobe'ing them?

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