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Submitted by Pronco on Thu, 29/07/2004 - 17:56.
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While Inserting the modem module 

$ /sbin/modprobe sm56

Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - Proprietary
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o: create_module: Operation not permitted
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o: insmod sm56 failed
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tainted Module
Pronco's picture
Submitted by Pronco on Sun, 01/08/2004 - 02:05.

What about the tainted module ?


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tainted is about license
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Submitted by Alaa on Sun, 01/08/2004 - 03:06.

tainted module means the module is not GPLd, which means the license for the kernel is more or less invalid, when you taint your kernel you loose all rights to getting support from kernel developers.

cheers,

Alaa

http://www.manalaa.net

"u know i once dream that the office of mobinil is from el 7`os :S and the one that answer u and tell u rasidak a girl called ghada"


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Replied
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Submitted by Pronco on Mon, 02/08/2004 - 02:42.
  1. what i suppose to do ?
  2. how can i solve it ?

Otherwise when trying another module i discoverd that the module I'm trying to load is compiled with a gcc version 2 compiler, while my kernel is compiled with a gcc version 3 compiler.

I used to be Indecisive ... but now I'm not so sure


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Seriously
Pronco's picture
Submitted by Pronco on Mon, 02/08/2004 - 03:37.

I didn't found any driver suitable for Redhat 9


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Priviledges
YoussefAssad's picture
Submitted by YoussefAssad on Sun, 01/08/2004 - 09:16.

You do know that you need to be root to insmod (and modprobe), yes?

-- Linux Egypt Lice Resident


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LOL
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Submitted by Pronco on Mon, 02/08/2004 - 02:32.

Absolutely .....

I used to be indecisive ... but now I'm not so sure


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source
Submitted by شخص خجول مجهول on Tue, 03/08/2004 - 13:48.

I think ur best bet is to compile that module from source using the same gcc version that compiled ur kernel (ans using the same kernel headers of the running kernel)

regards kimo

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MohammedSammer
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Submitted by Pronco on Tue, 03/08/2004 - 15:18.

Interrupted Request .. 

$ insmod sm56 

Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o

Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o will taint
the kernel: non-GPL license - Proprietary
  
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted 
modules

/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/char/sm56.o: init_module: Operation not
permitted

Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
 invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
$ ls -lh /dev/modem

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            9 Jul 29 17:55 /dev/modem -> /dev/sm56
ls -lh /dev/sm56
crwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      24,   0 Jul 29 17:55 /dev/sm56

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