Cannot load tun module

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I cannot manage to load the tun module in my Arch Linux box. I'm trying to connect with openvpn, but the log says

nm-openvpn[6662]: Note: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such device (errno=19)

lsmod | grep tun

returns nothing.

If I run

sudo modprobe tun

it returns failure, but no error message, and lsmod still has no tun. The module seems to exist, as there is a tun.ko.gz in /lib/modules/.......

I really don't know what else to try.

Try an insmod on the path of the tun.ko and look at the dmesg output. — Stéphane Chazelas, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 21:58
How do I do that? I tried insmod /path/to/tun.ko.gz, I got "Invalid module format", I unzipped it and tried again and got the same — rabipelais, Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 22:05

Michael Hampton · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-31 23:28:15Z

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Contact your VPS provider and ask them to enable it. Many OpenVZ-based VPS providers disable TUN/TAP unless specifically requested by the customer.

answered Oct 31, 2012 at 23:28

Michael Hampton

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