[lwlan-user] Errors running modprobe

[Net Llama!]

On 07/14/03 13:10, Daniel Liu wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Net Llama! wrote:
>>On 07/12/03 17:15, Daniel Liu wrote:
>>>I fixed my previous problem by installing a new kenel and now everything
>>>installs smoothly... but now I'm running into another problem when I run
>>>/sbin/modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1. The series of error messages I
>>>get is:
>>>
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol
>>>register_netdevice
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol __wake_up
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol __kfree_skb
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol ether_setup
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol skb_under_panic
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol
>>>unregister_netdevice
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol
>>>netlink_kernel_create
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol proc_mkdir
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netlink_broadcast
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol
>>>interruptible_sleep_on
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol ___pskb_trim
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol proc_net
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol sock_release
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol softnet_data
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: insmod
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o failed
>>>/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/net/p80211.o: insmod prism2_usb failed
>>>
>>>Any help would be greatly apperciated!
>>
>>Rebuild the wlan modules against your current kernel.
> 
> 
> I checked and my current kernel is 2.4.20-18.9.  I compiled it again to
> make sure the make config settings were pointing to the kernel's source
> code and modules folder.  it still gives me that error tho when I run
> modprobe.

How exactly are you building wlan-ng (commands)?  unresolved symbol errors 
are almost always a symptom of modules that were built for a different kernel.


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