Comment 14 for bug 228548

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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :

wifi working! yay!

carl@dv67:~$ lsmod|grep ath
ath5k 107904 0
mac80211 217076 1 ath5k
led_class 12164 1 ath5k
cfg80211 32392 2 ath5k,mac80211

note: some how ath_pci is also installed:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125541 2008-08-28 09:42 /lib/modules/2.6.27-1-generic/volatile/ath_pci.ko

And it got enabled in the Restricted drivers dialog. I unchecked the box, rebooted, and now I have working wifi.

so a lingering bug is that ath_pci is also getting installed, but it may be a result of:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/254668
> Ok, I uploaded a first version for debugging. It lies at
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug254668
http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug254668/linux-image-2.6.26-5-generic_2.6.26-5.13ecdbg_i386.deb
> Can you install this and post the output. Thanks