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   Message 15,860 of 17,684   
   Mark South to Darren Green   
   Re: Wireless WOes   
   31 Oct 07 12:10:38   
   
   From: mark.south@null.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:32:11 -0700, Darren Green wrote:   
      
   > On 30 Oct, 20:23, "Arthur Hagen"  wrote:   
   >> Darren Green  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> [chop]   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> > When I run modprobe ath-pci I get the following result:   
   >>   
   >> > Warning: Error inserting ath_ha1   
   >> > (/lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r8/net/ath_ha1.ko): invalid module format   
   >> > Warning : Error inserting wlan (/lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r8/net/   
   >> > wlan.ko):   
   >> > invalid module format   
   >> >> Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r8/net/   
   >> > ath_pci.ko) :   
   >> > invalid module format   
   >>   
   >> Your kernel doesn't appear to match the modules.  Likely reasons:   
   >>   
   >> -  You forgot to mount /boot before doing "make install" in /usr/src/linux.   
   >> -  You installed from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r8, but didn't change the   
   >> "linux" symlink in /usr/src to point to this directory ("ln -fs   
   >> /usr/src/linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r8 /usr/src/linux"), making 3rd party modules   
   >> compile against a different kernel version.   
   >>   
   >> Regards,   
   >> --   
   >> *Art   
   >   
   > Art,   
   >   
   > Can I thank you and the previous poster for the assistance pointing me   
   > in the right direction.   
   >   
   > I aim to try and re-compile against a different Kernel tomorrow. I   
   > would typically use Genkernel as I am not that comfortable with   
   > compiling the Kernel in the more traditional manner.   
   >   
   > Could I ask how I would determine the correct kernel version to   
   > compile against though. I have what I believe to me the most upto date   
   > kernel on my PC.   
      
   This all sounds very complicated.  Can't the OP simply "emerge madwifi" or   
   something?   
      
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