[NBLUG/talk] my laptop & wireless ethernet

[Mitch Patenaude]

I've had a little experience with the wlan stuff, but not with PC cards 
or cardmgr.  The insmod is failing with an unresolved symbol.  This is 
probably due to one of two reasons:

You're rebuilt your kernel without the proper hooks for that module.

There's a dependent module that isn't getting loaded first (modprobe 
will automatically trigger dependent module loading, but I don't think 
insmod does.)

I can't think clearly enough to give a good solution though.. other 
that you may need to rebuild your kernel with wlan support enabled.

   -- Mitch

On Sunday, Jun 8, 2003, at 21:27 US/Pacific, Micxz (lovedialup.com) 
wrote:

>
> My system uses "cardmgr" for hotplug devices and pcmcia cards etc. It's
> hard for me to post the out put because it's not online due to this
> issue. I'm going to boot it and copy it to a disk and move it to the
> server;
>
> OK, I've configured cardmgr to load the driver prism2_cs, I choose this
> driver because it's the one the product website provided, except this
> one was already on my system.
>
> Now I don't get "Unsupported Card" anymore I get:
>
> Jun  8 21:31:19 secretservice cardmgr[552]: socket 0: The Linksys 
> Group,
> Inc.
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: executing: 'insmod -v
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> p80211pb_alloc_p80211
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> p802addr_to_str
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> p80211pb_free
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> register_wlandev
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> p80211netdev_rx
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> unregister_wlandev
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> wlan_setup
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> p80211ind_sniff
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> wlan_unsetup
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Using
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Symbol version prefix ''
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: insmod exited with status 1
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: executing: 'modprobe -v
> prism2_cs'
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o:
> 0.1.13-devel1 Loaded
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: init_module: dev_info is:
> prism2_cs
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: prism2_cs: CardServices release
> does not match!
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + /sbin/insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Using
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Symbol version prefix ''
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + /sbin/insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Using
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o: init_module: Operation not
> permitted
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: p80211.o: 0.1.13-devel1 Unloaded
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o failed
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Hint: insmod errors can 
> be
> caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
> parameters
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + # delete p80211
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + /sbin/insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Using
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + /sbin/insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Using
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o:
> 0.1.13-devel1 Loaded
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: init_module: dev_info is:
> prism2_cs
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice kernel: prism2_cs: CardServices release
> does not match!
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o: init_module:
> Operation not permitted
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o failed
> Jun  8 21:31:20 secretservice cardmgr[552]: + Hint: insmod errors can 
> be
> caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
> parameters
>
> ??
>
> Micxz
>
> ME wrote:
>>
>> Micxz (lovedialup.com) said:
>>> My 802.11b setup is still not working as a client on my linux laptop,
>>> I'm installed the src for my kernel and tried building the driver for
>>> the device, and got past the last part when it asks for
>>> "/usr/src/linux", but now the next question is were is the src for 
>>> some
>>> other package, I don't even recognize.
>>> I guess I have to hit the books again, like almost everytime I make 
>>> new
>>> moves in linux;
>>>
>>> My card is listed as compatable on most lists and there is a linux
>>> driver available from the product website (lynksys WPC11). The 
>>> provide
>>> the file "linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre1". But I already see wlan.conf on 
>>> my
>>> system, and have not been able to build or install this package. I 
>>> wish
>>> it just worked; But now I have to know why it's broken;
>>
>> Post a copy and paste of what it asks. Maybe we can help.
>
>
>
> --
> Micxz
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