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modprobe tun - ERROR: could not insert 'tun': Unknown symbol in module

Posted on November 2, 2014
LG

By LG

Unable to modprobe tun ERROR: could not insert ‘tun’: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Nov 2 22:55:22 x1 kernel: [102643.488499] Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev- instead Nov 2 22:56:48 x1 kernel: [102730.054589] tun: Unknown symbol ipv6_proxy_select_ident (err 0)

ls /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/net/tun.*

/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/tun.ko

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.7 (wheezy) Release: 7.7 Codename: wheezy

uname -a

Linux x1 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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