[ovs-discuss] Error inserting openvswitch_mod

Gurucharan Shetty shettyg at nicira.com
Thu Jul 11 15:44:13 UTC 2013


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Alessandra Agosta <
alessandra.agosta at gmail.com> wrote:

> I upgraded my openvSwitch version from 1.0 to 1.9
> I have already read the INSTALL guide but while I tried to try the program
> using mininet (I'm working with a virtual machine) I found this error:
>
> *** Loading openvswitch_mod
> Error inserting openvswitch_mod - is it installed and available via
> modprobe?
> Error was: "FATAL: Error inserting openvswitch_mod
> (/lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/net/openvswitch_mod.ko):
> Invalid module format
> "
>
dmesg should tell you the error. Is "bridge" module already loaded?


> Failed to insert openvswitch_mod - quitting.
>
> I only renamed the old directory and I don't know why this could be
> possible. Thank for your help
>
> --
> Alessandra
>
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