When using the 2.6.15 kernel (dapper) it works nicely, but when I switch to the 2.6.17 kernel it doesn't work. Both kernels are binary blobs distributed by Canonical via apt-get.
Right now I'm running the 2.6.15 kernel (that's why I can connect to the Internet). I've run 'uname -a' and 'lsmod' in my system (kubuntu edgy with 2.6.15 kernel from dapper) for you to see the modules loaded.
$ uname -a
Linux tango 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 8 17:51:56 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipt_TCPMSS 4608 1
ipt_tcpmss 2432 1
iptable_filter 3072 1
ip_tables 22400 3 ipt_TCPMSS,ipt_tcpmss,iptable_filter
pppoe 14400 2
pppox 3720 1 pppoe
ipv6 265856 8
ppp_generic 30100 6 pppoe,pppox
slhc 7424 1 ppp_generic
rfcomm 40216 0
hidp 31744 2
l2cap 26244 10 rfcomm,hidp
bluetooth 50020 5 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap
vmnet 37284 0
vmmon 111980 0
cpufreq_userspace 4696 0
cpufreq_stats 5636 0
freq_table 4740 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6428 0
cpufreq_conservative 7332 0
video 16260 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5644 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 11140 0
container 4608 0
button 6672 0
acpi_sbs 19980 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
nls_cp437 5888 2
ntfs 103536 2
af_packet 22920 4
dm_mod 58936 1
md_mod 72532 0
lp 11844 0
nvidia 4551028 12
tsdev 8000 0
rndis_host 6400 0
cdc_ether 6016 1 rndis_host
usbnet 17032 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
snd_emu10k1_synth 7296 0
snd_emux_synth 37376 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7680 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 7168 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_dummy 3844 0
snd_seq_oss 33536 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7552 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51984 9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
evdev 9856 1
snd_emu10k1 117284 4 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 25504 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 93216 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89864 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_device 8716 8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 25220 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4608 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
shpchp 45632 0
psmouse 36100 0
snd_hwdep 9376 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 55268 18 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp
serio_raw 7300 0
via_agp 9856 1
agpgart 34888 2 nvidia,via_agp
floppy 62148 0
soundcore 10208 1 snd
rtc 13492 0
emu10k1_gp 3840 0
gameport 15496 2 emu10k1_gp
pcspkr 2180 0
parport_pc 35780 1
parport 36296 2 lp,parport_pc
via686a 17672 0
i2c_isa 4992 1 via686a
i2c_viapro 8980 0
i2c_core 21904 5 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia,via686a,i2c_isa,i2c_viapro
ext3 135816 1
jbd 58772 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 33808 0
usbcore 130820 5 rndis_host,cdc_ether,usbnet,uhci_hcd
ide_generic 1536 0
ide_cd 33028 0
cdrom 38560 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 17664 4
via82cxxx 9988 0 [permanent]
generic 5124 0
thermal 13576 0
processor 23360 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
fbcon 42784 0
tileblit 2816 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6272 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit
vesafb 8476 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7296 1 capability
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