modprobe ndiswrapper problems after fresh install!?!

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 02:28:06AM +0200, Andr'e Kuntze wrote:

> my complete system was a bit messed up and i decided to do a complete
> new installation including Ubuntu.
> 
> I installed from the preview release and updated my system as regular
> via Synaptic. After that I installed the linux-686 and ndiswrapper-utils
> package (after doing a complete upgrade) and rebooted.
> 
> Then called "sudo modprobe ndiswrapper" and i got:
> 
> FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper
> (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-686/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module format
> 
> I tried to reinstall the kernel and the ndiswrapper package but no go.
> 
> Any sugestions?? This worked liked a charm in my last Ubuntu
> installation a week ago.

Make sure that linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-686 and
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.8.1-3-686 have exactly the same version number.

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 - mdz