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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This question might be a little old looking at the
current hostap versions out there. However, I am stuck with an old version of
the kernel. I am trying to install hostap-driver-0.2.6 to my RedHat Linux 9.0
box(kernel: 2.4.20-8). Initially when I tried to install I got an error saying
that it did not find a .config file. So I went to /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 and
did a make xconfig and created a .config file without changing the existing
kernel configuration. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Later it complained about not finding the defs.h
file in /usr/src/build/231485-i386/install/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/fs/jfs. So I
created a symbolic link in /usr/src/build/231485-i386/install to
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 where the folder fs is located. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I could compile then without any problem but
there were certain warnings such as "EISA_bus" redefined which I ignored and
went on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I later did a make install but then I am confronted
with the following error to which I do not know what to do.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On doing a make install I get:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>/sbin/depmod -ae</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>****Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/net
hostap.o</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>depmod: _read_lock_failed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>depmod: _write_lock_failed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get the same error when it tries to install
hostap_cs.o, hostap_pci.o and hostap_plx.o.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did read somewhere that sometimes a configuration
file mismatch i.e. the running kernel configuration (which I think is in /boot
directory) and the .config file in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 could mismatch. But I
have not installed any other wireless card or external pcmcia-cs package on my
machine. Also, I did a rpm-qa| grep pcmcia to find out the pcmcia version I have
and it says pcmcia-cs-3.1.31...so I did not feel the need to install an external
pcmcia-cs package.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, the machine I am using is a Dell Inspiron
5100.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get similar errors with
hostap-driver-0.1.3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am really stuck with this problem for a long time
and I would like hostap to work since wlan-ng does not give me enough options. I
am using a Linksys WPC11ver3 card.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any sort of help in this matter will be appreciated
and is badly needed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks a lot</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vivek.</FONT></DIV>
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