Module ipw2100 not loading under Debian Sarge
 

Hi all,

Following Michael's blog , I put Intel's firmware files in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
then
then
goes without problems
But when trying the module ipw2100 with a modprobe it returns the following error:

k202:/home/lixy# modprobe ipw2100
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt (/lib/modules/2.6.8-1-386/kernel/driver s/net/wireless/ieee80211_crypt.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.8-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/ wireless/ieee80211.ko): Invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2100 (/lib/modules/2.6.8-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/wire less/ipw2100.ko): Invalid module format

So I thought something is missing in the kernel (2.6.8 BTW). Trying to configure it shows that everything related to wireless is enabled (Inside networking support --> Wireless LAN (non-HAM radio) reveals that everything is modularized. The machine is a Dell Inspiron 8600 and I used the WLAN under SUSE9.2 flawlessly. But I fell in love with Debian and wanna stick to it.
Any hints?

It's probably because the driver is installed against the wrong kernel source. Can you perhaps install it manually without apt? I don't use apt for source packages so I don't know how well it behaves with it but I got that error when I compiled against the wrong source or with the wrong gcc (as in not the one I compiled my kernel with)