I've been running in circles and jumping through hoops trying to get this damn thing to work.
For school (Virginia Tech) they required us to buy the new Toshiba M400 tablet PC. It's expensive as hell and pretty handy so I won't knock it too much. However, I installed openSuse 10.1 on it (knowing the tablet functions wouldn't work) and I've been pleased.
Linux works well with the hardwired ethernet but getting wireless to work is next to impossible.
I've downloaded the latest drivers from the Intel website, the ieee80211 required files (although I don't know WHY I need them or *What* they do) and I downloaded the daemon program.
Other stuff:
Its a 2gghz dual core centrino and the openSuse page has this wireless card listed as being supported by 10.1 and questionable for others. So before you ask me if it's supported and to use ndiswrapper, I already know that's not an issue. Plus, I've seen many stories in my search of people actually getting it to work. None of their personal methods have worked for me thus far so maybe I'm retarded but oh well
I always run into this program when I'm trying to fire up the wireless card:
hc6526f88:/home/kevin/Desktop/ipw3945-linux-1.1.0 # modprobe ipw3945
FATAL: Error inserting ipw3945 (/lib/modules/2.6.16.21-0.13-bigsmp/updates/ipw3945.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknownparameter (see dmesg)
hc6526f88:/home/kevin/Desktop/ipw3945-linux-1.1.0 # dmesg | grep -i ipw3945
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
ipw3945: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211
ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
consider for the sake of simplicity that I'm a somewhat new comer to linux. Even tohugh I got opensuse 10.0 to work wireless on my old tower PC with a linksys card and not needing ndiswrapper, I'm stumped here.
If anyone can help that'd be great. If you need any more output just let me know (along with how to get it). If I get it working I'm probably going to write a definitive guide for my sheisty tutorial site (
www.howthenetworks.org) and I'll gladly give anyone who helped me out credit.
Thanks again,
Kevin