Netgear MA 111 on RedHat 9

jayjay1784 · 05-02-2004, 08:24 AM

i've seen and read a lot of topics but i couldnt solve my problem.

i'm using redhat 9 on my laptop, and i'm a newbie.

what i've tried:

1. i've downloaded latest version of linux-wlan-ng (it is the pre20) from linux-wlan.com

2. i've decompressed the tar.gz into a directory in /usr/src

3. now i did 'make xconfig' and 'make dep' in /usr/src/linux-2.4

4.now i returned to /usr/src/linux-wlan-ng-.../ and did 'make config' then 'make all' and then 'make install'

5. cause i still had no problems i did go on: next step was editing /ect/wlan/wlan.config(ssid_wlan0="jayjay") and copiing /ect/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT to /ect/wlan/wlancfg-jayjay

6. to let driver get loaded at boot time i edited my rc.local an added there:

/sbin/modprobe prism2_usb
/sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
/sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=jayjay authtype=opensystem
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.0.1

7. now i opened /etc/modules and added there 'alias wlan0 prism2_usb'

8. i restarted

my log (/var/log/messeges) afterwards:

Code:

May  2 14:14:11 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.3-1 address 2
Mai  2 14:14:12 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
May  2 14:14:15 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 2
May  2 14:14:15 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x846/0x4110) is not claimed by any active driver.
May  2 14:14:18 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup prism2_usb for USB product 846/4110/132
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol __kfree_skb
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol ether_setup
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol skb_under_panic
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netlink_kernel_create
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol unregister_netdev
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol proc_mkdir
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netlink_broadcast
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol register_netdev
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol ___pskb_trim
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol proc_net
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol sock_release
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol softnet_data
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o failed
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol __kfree_skb
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol ether_setup
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol skb_under_panic
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netlink_kernel_create
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol unregister_netdev
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol proc_mkdir
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netlink_broadcast
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol register_netdev
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol ___pskb_trim
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol proc_net
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol sock_release
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: unresolved symbol softnet_data
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o failed
May  2 14:14:18 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/p80211.o: insmod prism2_usb failed
May  2 14:14:18 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... can't load module prism2_usb
May  2 14:14:18 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: missing kernel or user mode driver prism2_usb 
Mai  2 14:14:19 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted

i have absolutely no idea what the problem is....mybe there is a problem with the usb driver, but my usb mouse is working fine......

does anybody have ideas ????

jayjay1784 · 05-03-2004, 09:49 AM

does really nobody understand the problem mentioned in the log ??

brundles · 05-03-2004, 05:30 PM

Those logs look similar to the ones I had when I let SuSe update and rebuild my kernel - the drivers haven't bult properly against the currently installed kernel. Things to try...

Have you actually built the kernel configured with 'make xconfig'? If not, go to the /usr/src/linux directory (assuming it's the same on RedHat) and try:
make clean
make cloneconfig (This will give you a config file that matches the currently running kernel)
make dep

Now go to the directory you untarred the source to and either remove it and re-untar or do a make clean in there. This will clean out any existing bad links.

Now try rebulding and re-installing the drivers.

Can't comment on the config changes you made to rc.local - I set up mine using the sysconfig/network directory (could be SuSe specific) and adding a wlan0 config file (and an SSID config file to the wlan directory for the wlan-ng drivers).

Hope this helps - don't know how RedHat works compared to SuSe though

Keith

jayjay1784 · 05-03-2004, 11:41 PM

thank you brundles,
but i've found a few usefull rpm packeges for redhat users, it just takes a few minutes to install them.....my adapter is working now.

link: http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/

reubenhwk · 05-13-2004, 09:20 PM

jayjay1784, post a followup please. I'm still having that same trouble. I'm running Fedora Core1 on an Averatec 3150. It has a prism2 based USB internal wireless card and for the life of me, I can't get it to work. When I do a "modprobe prism2_usb", I get the same error you got. I tried the RPMs but that didn't work for me.

jayjay1784 · 05-14-2004, 08:08 AM

ok...
1) first read everything then start doing...

2) you have to make a kernel update if you havent done already:

here a link, maybe you can get it from there:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...pdates/1/i386/

i think version 2.4.22-1.2188 will do it.

3) read this README...everything you have to do to install the packeges is there:

http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/README

there you can get the packages for fedora:

http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/v21-fc1-index.html

be carefully and take the right ones. basically you just need 3 packeges:
the base package, the modules package, and the interface package.

4) now you will install this packeges but dont forget, at this stage you already should have the right kernel version.

the adapater should work now....if you have memory problems 5 minutes after booting the system then just post it here again, because i had some but they are easy to handle.

any questions ?

reubenhwk · 05-14-2004, 12:55 PM

now when you say, "you have to make a kernel update if you havent done already" you just mean I need to download the RPM and rpm -i it right? You don't mean I have to make a kernel update as in make dep bzImage modules modules_install install do you?

I do have the 2.4.22-1.2188 kernel that up2date installed for me. This is good? (please tell me I don't have to recompile!)

I apriciate the help. Thanks.

jayjay1784 · 05-14-2004, 03:35 PM

that sounds very good =)

the packeges you want to install ( http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/v21-fc1-index.html ) are compatibel to a few kernel versions....for example there is a package: kernel-wlan-ng-modules-fc1.1.2188-0.2.1-pre14.i686.rpm

to install this package you will need the right kernel version. in this case this is the one you just have, so its not necessery to update your kernel... i had to because for my kernel version there was no prism2 rpm package available...

it seems like you dont have this problem, so you just have to download the 3 packages from the link above and install them... that's it