Guest beny Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi there I was trying for several days to install the ipw2200 wireless driver in a nx6120 HP notebook running mandriva 2006. Mandriva automatically installed the drivers of the wifi card, but it did not work. Wandering through the net I found that the original mandriva driver is not good. The ipw2200-dkms driver was recommended instead. So I removed the old driver, installed the kernel-source and dkms packages and tried to install ipw2200-dkms and that's what i got: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX installing ipw2200-dkms-1.0.10-1.noarch.rpm Preparing... ############################################# 1/1: ipw2200-dkms ############################################# Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/1.0.10/source -> /usr/src/ipw2200-1.0.10 DKMS: add Completed. Preparing kernel 2.6.12-12mdk for module build: (This is not compiling a kernel, only just preparing kernel symbols) Storing current .config to be restored when complete Running Mandrakelinux style preparation routine make clean....... using /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build/arch/i386/defconfig make oldconfig....... running dkms_mkkerneldoth.... Building module: cleaning build area.... perl -pi -e 's/^.*IPW2200.*//g' /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build/.config /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build/include/linux/autoconf.h;make -C /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/1.0.10/build modules HOSTAP_SRC=/lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build/3rdparty/hostap/.....(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.12-12mdk (i586) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/1.0.10/build/ for more information. Error! Could not locate ipw2200.ko.gz for module ipw2200 in the DKMS tree. You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.12-12mdk (i586) first. error: %post(ipw2200-dkms-1.0.10-1.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX The make.log file is as follows: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX DKMS make.log for ipw2200-0.15 for kernel 2.6.12-12mdk (i586) Wed Mar 8 10:36:24 GMT 2006 make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-12mdk' WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-12mdk/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ipw2200.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ipw2200.h:50, from /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ipw2200.c:33: /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ieee80211.h:627: error: redefinition of 'is_multicast_ether_addr' include/linux/etherdevice.h:67: error: previous definition of 'is_multicast_ether_addr' was here /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ipw2200.c: In function 'ipw_load_firmware': /var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ipw2200.c:2093: warning: passing argument 3 of 'pci_alloc_consistent' from in compatible pointer type make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build/ipw2200.o] Error 1 make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/ipw2200/0.15/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-12mdk' XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Could someone please help me with this? Beny [moved from Networking by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 It seems you need to be running a dkms kernel too, search for dkms with your favourite package management tool and hopefully you'll the necessary support tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 What dkms packages have you got installed? Please run this and post the output: rpm -qa | grep dkms just so we can see what you've got. The kernel and kernel-source is fine, just need to make sure all the dkms options are present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beny Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi I've installed dkms-2.0.5.9-3mdk and dkms-minimal-2.0.5.9-3mdk Beny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Where did you get the ipw2200-dkms package from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beny Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 It seems you need to be running a dkms kernel too, search for dkms with your favourite package management tool and hopefully you'll the necessary support tools. what is a dkms kernel? Where did you get the ipw2200-dkms package from? I do not really remember, I found a link somewhere in the net. I tried also to install the ipw22000dkms-0.19 by urpmi and got the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Are you sure that the ipw2200-dkms rpm you downloaded is meant for 2006? Each rpm is platform dependant, therefore you cannot use rpms designed for LE2005, or 10.1 or other systems such as Red Hat, etc, etc. Whilst they could be used, chances are problems will occur and system stability could be affected. I can't find an ipw2200-dkms in my urpmi repositories for 2006, which makes me think the one you've installed might be incorrect. I also can't find one on http://www.rpmfind.net for Mandriva, nor on http://rpm.pbone.net which are the best places to check for rpms available for your system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beny Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I am not sure about the origin of the rpm. You might be right. Now I realize that my mandriva version is 2006 rc2. Is this version significantly different from the current one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 RC2 is a pre-release beta. You really want to use the official Mandriva 2006 release, you might have more luck with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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