According to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne Jaunty section, installing linux-backports-modules-jaunty enables the LED lights for the wireless. However installing this breaks ath5k with an symbols errors:
[ 9.539528] lbm_cw_cfg80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_put_bss
[ 9.540940] lbm_cw_cfg80211: Unknown symbol cfg80211_bss_expire
[ 9.544518] lbm_cw_cfg80211: Unknown symbol cfg80211_bss_age
[ 9.622912] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_put_bss
[ 9.623250] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_frequency_to_channel
[ 9.625233] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_channel_to_frequency
[ 9.625928] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol cfg80211_wext_giwname
[ 9.626759] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol cfg80211_wext_giwmode
[ 9.627482] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_next
[ 9.627778] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol cfg80211_wext_giwrange
[ 9.628090] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_inform_bss_frame
[ 9.628941] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_regulatory_hint_11d
[ 9.630825] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_wiphy_register
[ 9.634041] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_wext_giwscan
[ 9.634913] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_scan_done
[ 9.635776] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol cfg80211_wext_siwmode
[ 9.636175] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_unlink_bss
[ 9.636681] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_wext_siwscan
[ 9.637416] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_wiphy_free
[ 9.638649] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_wiphy_unregister
[ 9.639811] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_wiphy_new
[ 9.641544] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init
[ 9.641839] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw___ieee80211_get_channel
[ 9.642197] lbm_cw_mac80211: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_cfg80211_get_bss
...
[ 9.793854] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_wake_queues
[ 9.794590] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_frequency_to_channel
[ 9.794886] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_stop_queues
[ 9.795956] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb
[ 9.796328] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_alloc_hw
[ 9.797314] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_tx_status
[ 9.798029] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_ctstoself_duration
[ 9.798372] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_hdrlen
[ 9.798739] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_register_hw
[ 9.799433] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_rts_duration
[ 9.800035] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_stop_queue
[ 9.800946] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_free_hw
[ 9.801398] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_generic_frame_duration
[ 9.801719] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_beacon_get
[ 9.802116] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw_ieee80211_unregister_hw
[ 9.802410] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw___ieee80211_get_rx_led_name
[ 9.802705] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw___ieee80211_rx
[ 9.802998] ath5k: Unknown symbol lbm_cw___ieee80211_get_tx_led_name
Full dmesg log is attached.
Uninstalling linux-backports-modules-* restores wifi.
I'm using the 2.6.28-8-generic kernel in Jaunty:
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-generic
linux-image-generic:
Installed: 2.6.28.8.8
Candidate: 2.6.28.8.8
Version table:
*** 2.6.28.8.8 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy linux-backports-modules-jaunty
linux-backports-modules-jaunty:
Installed: 2.6.28.8.8
Candidate: 2.6.28.8.8
Version table:
2.6.28.8.8 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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