[ovs-discuss] FATAL: Error inserting brcompat_mod when install OVS on Ubuntu12.04

[Kris zhang]

Do you know why?


On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jon <three18ti at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, ha!  I received the same error when I try to enable bridge compatibility
> mode.
>
> once I rebooted everything was good to go.
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Jon <three18ti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Kris,
>>
>> I am following these
>> instructions http://blog.allanglesit.com/2012/03/linux-kvm-ubuntu-12-04-with-openvswitch/
>>
>> and have no issues when restarting the switch.  (See below)
>>
>> Looks like you are running in bridge compatibility mode?  Have you changed
>> any of the configs from the default install?
>>
>> service openvswitch-switch restart
>>  * ovs-brcompatd is not running
>>  * ovs-vswitchd is not running
>>  * ovsdb-server is not running
>>  * Inserting openvswitch module
>>  * /etc/openvswitch/conf.db does not exist
>>  * Creating empty database /etc/openvswitch/conf.db
>>  * Starting ovsdb-server
>>  * Configuring Open vSwitch system IDs
>>  * Starting ovs-vswitchd
>>  * Enabling gre with iptables
>>
>> did you change any of the configs?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Kris zhang <zhang.kris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am installing openvswitch on Ubuntu12.04, and I got the following
>>> errors when i start the switch:
>>>
>>> root at ubuntuovs2:/# service openvswitch-switch restart
>>>  * ovs-brcompatd is not running
>>>  * ovs-vswitchd is not running
>>>  * ovsdb-server is not running
>>> FATAL: Error inserting brcompat_mod
>>> (/lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/updates/dkms/brcompat_mod.ko): Invalid
>>> module format
>>>  * Inserting brcompat module
>>> Module has probably not been built for this kernel.
>>> For instructions, read
>>> /usr/share/doc/openvswitch-datapath-source/README.Debian
>>> FATAL: Error inserting brcompat_mod
>>> (/lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/updates/dkms/brcompat_mod.ko): Invalid
>>> module format
>>>  * Inserting brcompat module
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advanced,
>>> Kris
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Jonathan David
>>
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> Jonathan David
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