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Fei Liu wrote: |
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> Hello, Group, |
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> |
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> I am trying to install and use NetGear MA111 usb wireless network. I |
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> followed the instructions here: |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Prism2_USB_on_Gentoo |
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> <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Prism2_USB_on_Gentoo> |
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> |
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> But I get errors when I try to install the kernel module. |
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> linux-wlan-ng-0.2.8 # modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1 |
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> WARNING: Error inserting p80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r5/linux- |
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> wlan-ng/p80211.ko): Invalid module format |
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> FATAL: Error inserting prism2_usb (/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r5/linux- |
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> wlan-ng/prism2_usb.ko): Invalid module format |
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> |
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> My system is built with gentoo 2007.0 livecd for i386 system. Here |
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> is uname -a |
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> Linux map 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Wed Apr 4 05:44:43 UTC 2007 i686 |
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> Celeron (Mendocino) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux |
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> |
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> Initially, my /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.19-gentoo-r5, and it's not |
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> configured or compiled, so I don't have .config or include/linux/ |
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> version.h files that linux-wlan-ng-0.2.8 looks for. |
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> I created a simple config (has wireless support, usb support), |
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> compiled it but never installed it. So I have .config and include/ |
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> linux/version.h files. linux-wlan-ng could compile but the result |
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> kernel modules cannot be installed unless forced: |
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> modprobe -f prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1 |
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> Segmentation fault |
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> map # lsmod |
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> Module Size Used by |
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> prism2_usb 60755 1 |
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> p80211 24844 1 prism2_usb |
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> This causes the kernel to panic when I do 'reboot' but everything else |
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> seems fine. |
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> How could I go about solving this problem. I had no problem installing |
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> this card and the softwares on a Fedora core 8 release. In this case, |
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> it seems like some wierd kernel config problem causing errors when I |
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> insert modules. Is there a way to get the config file used to create |
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> the stock kernel in 2007.0 gentoo livecd? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Fei |
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Ah it tends out the kernel vermagic must match. I copied /proc/config.gz |
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and applied it to kernel source. problem solved. |
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Fei |
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