Comment 85 for bug 259278

I have installed Kubuntu 8.10, including all updates, on an IBM ThinkPad R50p. It has an Atheros wireless included (lspci:
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)). knetworkmanager does not work for my wireless. I tested it with two different networks having hidden ESSIDs as well as an open network: it never succeeded to connect to any of these networks. However, when turning knetworkmanager off and configuring the interface manually (using iwconfig and ifconfig), the wireless works fine.