[lwlan-user] Errors running modprobe

[Tim Miller]

On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 16:26, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

Daniel,

Did you un-comment the "custom" tag off of EXTRAVERSION in 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-18.9/Makefile ?

-Tim