[ltp] problem using a wireless lan card

[Bradley W. Langhorst]

i'll be working on getting that card working this week.
i'll post my result to the list...

brad
On Thursday 19 July 2001 03:10 pm, you wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I am a new linux user and I am having trouble getting a wireless networking
> card to work on my thinkpad. I have been reading the list for a few weeks
> and I have seen some very skilled analysis.  This issue may have been
> discussed on the list in the past but I was unable to find a solution in
> the archives. I am hoping someone on the list can give me a lead on how to
> troubleshoot the problem.
>
> I have an IBM Thinkpad A21P on which I dual boot Windows 2000 and debian
> 2.2r3 (Libranet 1.9.1 with a 2.4.3 kernel) I also have a D-Link DWL-650
> pcmcia wireless lan adapter. Under windows 2000, the D-Link wireless lan
> adapter card works fine. Under Linux, the card doesn't work. I can't figure
> out why.
>
> When I went to the D-Link web site it referred me to the wireless lan
> project at http://www.linux-wlan.org/. The wireless lan resources for Linux
> site (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourilhes/Linux) states that the
> D-Link card is an Intersil PrismII based card and refers me to the wireless
> lan project for the drivers. From this site, I downloaded the latest driver
> linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre13.tar.gz After downloading the file and reading the
> installation instructions, I compiled and installed the pcmcia source,
> compiled and installed linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8 and wireless tools for linux. I
> also edited the files /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts and /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
> and I checked to confirm that /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf contained a
> reference to the d-link card.
>
> I think that I have faithfully followed the instructions in the relevant
> readme files and the wireless lan howto but the card does not work. When I
> ran lsmod, the prism module was not listed. When I checked
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia I found the file prism2_cs.o where it was
> supposed to be. When I attempted to run iwconfig, I got a message like
> wireless extentions not installed. When I looked in the syslog, I found the
> following messages:
>
> [snip]
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: socket 1: D-Link DWL-650 11Mbps
> 802.11b WLAN Card
> [snip]
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
> [snip]
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: executing: 'modprobe prism2_cs'
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: + /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o:
> unresolved symbol netlink_kernel_create
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: + /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o:
> unresolved symbol netlink_broadcast
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: + /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o:
> insmod /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o failed
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: + /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o:
> insmod prism2_cs failed
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: + Note: /etc/modules.conf is more
> recent than /lib/modules/2.4.3/modules.dep
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: modprobe exited with status 255
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: executing: 'insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol
> p80211pb_alloc_p80211 Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p802addr_to_str
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p80211pb_free
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol register_wlandev
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p80211netdev_rx
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol unregister_wlandev
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol wlan_setup
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol wlan_unsetup
> Jul 16 17:29:15 libranet cardmgr[157]: insmod exited with status 1
>
> I have compiled my kernel with networking support, Wireless lan,
> PCMCIA/cardbus support PCMCIA network device support, PCMCIA wireless lan,
> Hermes support (orinoco/wavelan IEEE/PrismII/Symbol 802.11b) and
> Kernel/user netlink socket
>
> Here are a few possibly relevant snipets from the file created by
> menuconfig: [SNIP]
> #
> # PCMCIA/CardBus support
> #
> CONFIG_PCMCIA=y
> CONFIG_CARDBUS=y
> # CONFIG_I82365 is not set
> # CONFIG_TCIC is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
> CONFIG_PM=y
> CONFIG_ACPI=y
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
> [SNIP]
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> # CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
> CONFIG_NETLINK=y
> CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
> CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
> # CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_FILTER=y
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
>
> [snip]
> #
> # Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
> #
> CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y
> # CONFIG_STRIP is not set
> # CONFIG_WAVELAN is not set
> # CONFIG_ARLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_AIRONET4500 is not set
> # CONFIG_AIRONET4500_NONCS is not set
> # CONFIG_AIRONET4500_PROC is not set
> [SNIP]
> #
> # PCMCIA network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA=y
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589=m
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C574=m
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA_FMVJ18X is not set
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_PCNET=y
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA_NMCLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA_SMC91C92 is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRC2PS is not set
> # CONFIG_ARCNET_COM20020_CS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA_IBMTR is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRTULIP is not set
> CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA_RADIO=y
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_RAYCS=y
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES=y
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_NETWAVE=m
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_WAVELAN=m
> # CONFIG_AIRONET4500_CS is not set
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_NETCARD=y
>
> The only things that appear to be error messages in during the wireless
> make install are the following:
> [snip]
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/root/Wireless_lan/linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre13/src/wlancfg' /sbin/depmod -a
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /usr/lib/alsa-modules/2.4.3/0.5/snd-card-share.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /usr/lib/alsa-modules/2.4.3/0.5/snd-gus.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /usr/lib/alsa-modules/2.4.3/0.5/snd-seq.o
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/root/Wireless_lan/linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre13/src' [snip]
>
> When I run depmod I get:
>
> libranet:~# depmod -ae
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.3/net/p80211.o
> depmod:         netlink_kernel_create
> depmod:         netlink_broadcast
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /usr/lib/alsa-modules/2.4.3/0.5/snd-card-share.o
> depmod:         irq_stat_R28adff37
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /usr/lib/alsa-modules/2.4.3/0.5/snd-gus.o
> depmod:         irq_stat_R28adff37
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /usr/lib/alsa-modules/2.4.3/0.5/snd-seq.o
> depmod:         irq_stat_R28adff37
> libranet:~#
>
> Since I am new to linux, I don't know what trouble shooting tools are
> available or where I should start. I have attempted to recompile my kernel
> with a variety of options and I have not been able to make the wireless
> card work. HELP! I would appreciate any guidance anyone could offer.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bryan Ford
>
>
>
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