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  1. Bug #59888
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 59888

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Anita (a-lewis) wrote :

Kernel: 2.6.17-7-386

modprobe error:
WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_sample (/lib/modules/2.6.17-7-386/madwifi/ath_rate_sample.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.17-7-386/madwifi/ath_pci.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

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I uninstalled 2.6.16-7-386 and installed generic. The module was loaded at boot. The bad news is that I get this with 'sudo ifup ath0':

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/ath0/00:11:50:70:07:52
Sending on LPF/ath0/00:11:50:70:07:52
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 ....etc.

With 2.6.15 I get this:

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/ath0/00:11:50:70:07:52
Sending on LPF/ath0/00:11:50:70:07:52
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
bound to 192.168.1.15 -- renewal in 42359 seconds.