FIXED! Post Gentoo Wireless Networking Issues

[bdm]

So I'm trying to re-install Gentoo through Knoppix again, but I seem to be having a bit of troubles with getting my wireless card (Linksys WMP54GS) to work. I've done it before through both, Knoppix and Gentoo, and they both worked like a charm. However, I don't see to be so lucky anymore.

Here are the steps I'm doing in Knoppix:

[Sukant]

I have a gentoo kernel (2.6.19-gentoo-r4) and when I am typing the following command:
modprobe bcm43xx

I am getting the following messages:
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt (/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211softmac (/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/kernel/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting bcm43xx (/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Following is dmesg output:

[13631.170000] ieee80211_crypt: exports duplicate symbol ieee80211_crypt_deinit_entries (owned by ieee80211_crypt_rtl)
[13631.172000] ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
[13631.172000] ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
[13631.172000] ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_crypt_deinit_entries
[13631.172000] ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_deinit_entries
[13631.172000] ieee80211: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
[13631.172000] ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
[13631.172000] ieee80211: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_quiescing
[13631.173000] ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
[13631.174000] ieee80211softmac: disagrees about version of symbol free_ieee80211
[13631.174000] ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211
[13631.174000] ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol ieee80211_tx_frame
[13631.174000] ieee80211softmac: disagrees about version of symbol alloc_ieee80211
[13631.174000] ieee80211softmac: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211
[13631.239000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encodeext
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_rate
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_auth
[13631.240000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encodeext
[13631.241000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol alloc_ieee80211softmac
[13631.241000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_trigger_scan
[13631.241000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_auth
[13631.241000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_scan_results
[13631.241000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_set_geo
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_start
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_essid
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_wap
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
[13631.242000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_geo
[13631.243000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_get_essid
[13631.243000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_wap
[13631.243000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_wx_set_genie
[13631.243000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211softmac_stop
[13631.243000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol free_ieee80211softmac
[13631.243000] bcm43xx: Unknown symbol ieee80211_is_valid_channel


Please help.
Sukanto

[bdm]

Problem is now fixed!

Turns out iwconfig doesn't support wpa so I had to use wpa_supplicant.

Sukant, I would also suggest you create your own thread so it can get more attention.

Good luck.
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