no symbol version for module_layout

This one drove me nuts. After upgrading to openSUSE 11.2, I couldn’t compile the NVIDIA (warning: Big flash welcome) or the VirtualBox drivers. Well, the compilation was working but loading failed with:

no symbol version for module_layout

This post finally pointed me in the right direction. To fix the issue, just run zypper in kernel-default-devel as root (or kernel-desktop-devel if you use the desktop kernel).

One Response to “no symbol version for module_layout”

  1. Zodiac says:

    Thanx from Russia)

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