wireless extensions mismatch

mimithebrain · 04-23-2006, 06:48 PM

I have installed a new kernel on slackware 10.1.

I have compilled the new wireless tools (v 27)

It tells me that the driver I have installed uses wireless extensions 19 while wireless tools uses version 17.

How do I fix that? thanks.

Alien Bob · 04-24-2006, 02:32 AM

The new wireless-tools version is 28, in fact. You don't tell what kernel you installed, but I guess it is a 2.6 kernel? Recent 2.6 kernels really should not be used with wireless-tools older than 28.
I have a Slackware package for the "28" version of wireless-tools at http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac...ireless-tools/ - the package is for Slackware 10.2 but it might just work on 10.1. You could also use the SlackBuild etc... stuff in the "build" subdirectory to compile your own package.

Eric

Alien Bob · 04-24-2006, 02:33 AM

Sorry... my post ended up in this thread twice.

Eric

mimithebrain · 04-24-2006, 10:39 AM

thanks,

will it work with the recent 2.6.16.? kernel ?

(I'll remove my local binaries of wireless tools and install those bins)