[NBLUG/talk] my laptop & wireless ethernet

[Micxz (lovedialup.com)]

I wish I could simply recompile the kernel; I've never done this before
and haven't even installed the src for linux until someone on this list
told me I needed to do that.

So I guess I'll wait for the meeting; 

wlan support should be compiled in already right? Why else would the
drivers be there for other similar devices.

How can you tell what support your kernel is compiled with or without?

Micxz

Mitch Patenaude wrote:
> 
> 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