elachys |
05-31-2007 02:50 PM |
Wireless LAN Driver Woes
So. I've just got hold of mandriva (spring edition i think...).
Everything works brilliantly on my laptop. Except my wireless LAN.
Since it's an
Code:
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
I thought BRILLIANT not only are there linux drivers for it. But they come with the distro!
Unfortunately they do not work so well!
/var/log/messages says:
Code:
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_debug_level
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_debug_level
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
May 31 20:30:34 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_debug_level
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_debug_level
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol escape_essid
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_freq_to_channel
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_index
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_channel_flags
May 31 20:31:20 localhost kernel: ipw3945: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
Not sure what "Unknown symbol" means?
Could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
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