FATAL: Error inserting wl (/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile/wl.ko): Unknown symbol in module
Bug #271191 reported by
Nick Fox
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Tim Gardner |
Bug Description
2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 25 17:32:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
modprobe wl produces:
$ sudo modprobe wl
FATAL: Error inserting wl (/lib/modules/
dmesg:
[ 148.379927] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_
[ 151.847992] wl: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_
[ 151.848005] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_
Changed in dell: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in somerville: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | dell |
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This is directly caused by having linux-backports -modules- hardy (and it's dependencies) installed. This is the case out of the Dell factory image.
The offending module is ieee80211_crypt.
To work around the scenario, you need to follow the following steps:
1) sudo apt-get remove linux-backports -modules- 2.6.24- 21-generic
2) sudo rmmod ieee80211_crypt
3) sudo modprobe wl
It should work properly going forward then, but this bug needs to be fixed before lrm is released from proposed.