Comment 9 for bug 132042

Please raise the priority of this, if you want ubuntu to work on laptops as well as winblows then this is a bug that needs some attention. I as well have a laptop with a wireless net problem. Same symptoms, haven't tried to modprobe it to work yet.

After some time it just stops working, the wireless light goes out as well. Mashing the radio button does no good, and it will not reconnect until next reboot.

LSMOD:
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 12680 1
ipv6 268960 12
rfcomm 40856 0
l2cap 25856 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 55908 4 rfcomm,l2cap
fglrx 540004 11
ppdev 10116 0
powernow_k8 16064 0
cpufreq_conservative 8200 0
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_stats 7360 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9228 1
freq_table 5792 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
sony_acpi 6284 0
tc1100_wmi 8068 0
pcc_acpi 13184 0
dev_acpi 12292 0
battery 10756 0
ac 6020 0
sbs 15652 0
button 8720 0
container 5248 0
asus_acpi 17308 0
backlight 7040 1 asus_acpi
video 16388 0
i2c_ec 6016 1 sbs
dock 10268 0
af_packet 23816 4
parport_pc 36388 0
lp 12452 0
parport 36936 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
fuse 46612 0
joydev 10816 0
snd_atiixp_modem 17160 0
snd_atiixp 20620 1
pcmcia 39212 0
snd_ac97_codec 98464 2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
snd_seq_dummy 4740 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi 9600 0
snd_rawmidi 25472 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
bcm43xx 126824 0
ac97_bus 3200 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44544 0
snd_mixer_oss 17408 1 snd_pcm_oss
psmouse 38920 0
ieee80211softmac 31360 1 bcm43xx
snd_pcm 79876 4 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcspkr 4224 0
ieee80211 34760 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 7040 1 ieee80211
snd_seq 52592 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23684 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9100 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_piix4 9740 0
yenta_socket 27532 1
rsrc_nonstatic 14080 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 40852 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
serio_raw 7940 0
i2c_core 22656 2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4
k8temp 6656 0
shpchp 34324 0
pci_hotplug 32576 1 shpchp
ati_agp 10124 0
agpgart 35400 2 fglrx,ati_agp
snd 54020 13 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8672 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10888 3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
tsdev 8768 0
evdev 11008 5
ext3 133128 1
jbd 59816 1 ext3
mbcache 9604 1 ext3
8139too 27648 0
ide_cd 32672 0
cdrom 37664 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 17024 3
generic 5124 0 [permanent]
8139cp 25088 0
mii 6528 2 8139too,8139cp
atiixp 7440 0 [permanent]
ohci_hcd 22532 0
ata_generic 9092 0
libata 125720 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 142348 1 libata
ehci_hcd 34188 0
usbcore 134280 3 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
thermal 14856 0
processor 31048 2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42656 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9216 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon
softcursor 3200 1 bitblit
vesafb 9220 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8192 1 capability

Notice.....not rtl....its bcm43xx