wireless does not work unless computer put to sleep then woken up

[Andrew Riker]

I recently bought an ASUS M50VM-B1 laptop. Most of the Kubuntu 8.10 configuration went ok with only a few hic-cups (sound and wireless). I got my sound to work, but I was unable to get my wireless card to find and connect to networks all the time. I posted to the <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1051255" target="_new">Ubuntu forums</a> about this problem, thinking it might be a problem with the Atheros driver, but I didn't get a response.

Quite by accident, I stumbled upon a temporary workaround. If my wireless doesn't work when I boot up, I can put the laptop to sleep, wake it up immediately, and it will work. So far it has worked every time. I'm rather confused, because I've always connected waking a computer up with causing problems, not fixing them. But since this is really only a temporary solution, I figured I'd report it.

[Andrew Riker (masterxw)]

I think I found a full solution to the problem. While searching the Ubuntu forums, I found a suggestion to delete /etc/acpi/start.d/60-asus-wireless-led.sh. My wireless has worked every time I started up since then. If something changes, I'll add another comment.

[kseise (kevin-seise)]

I have the exact opposite issue. I can not access my Atheros wireless card after resume, and I also have to manually activate it from the Hardware Drivers after each initial boot.
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02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
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[kseise (kevin-seise)]

This seems to have been resolved in a recent update to Jaunty. I mean my issue. Andrew, do you still have this?

[ARam1024 (ariker)]

I'm actually currently have the issue you were describing. I've not upgraded to Jaunty Beta, so I don't know whether it's been fixed for me there. Thanks for the info though.