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Pumices n00b
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:27 am Post subject: Intel ipw2200 unknown symbol in module when using modprobe. |
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I have a laptop with an intel ipw2200bg wireless adapter and I am having a hard time getting it installed. I followed the guide that I found here (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200). The problem is when I do "modprobe ipw2200" I get the error
"FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)"
So I ran "dmesg | tail - 20" and I got
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw2200: Unknown symbol iw_handler_set_spy
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw2200: Unknown symbol iw_handler_get_thrspy
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw2200: Unknown symbol wireless_send_event
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw2200: Unknown symbol iw_handler_get_spy
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw2200: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw2200: Unknown symbol iw_handler_set_thrspy
ipw2200: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
Now I know there are several postings I have found in the forums where people are having the same problems. I have tried all of their solutions and none of them work. The big difference I can see is in the other scenarios they have kernel versions around 2.6.16 or 2.6.18. My kernels version is 2.6.25-r7. There was a part in the tutorial I followed that said the version 3.0 of the ipw2200 firmware didn't work with 2.6.25 and to use version 2.4 which I tried that and it didn't change anything.
I have run out of ideas. I have tried every patch and proposed solution I can find in this forum and various other forums I found while searching for a solution. So any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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astaines Tux's lil' helper
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Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 101 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject: Are you using the in-kernel drivers? |
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I've just updated form 2.6.19 to 2.6.25 and ipw2200 is broken. There seem ot be in kernel drivers, and apparently these are now recommended. I'm about to try them.
Good luck,
Anthony |
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