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  1. Bug #337311
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 337311

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Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert) wrote : Re: [Bug 337311] Re: Jaunty ath5k poor performance

Am Mittwoch, den 15.07.2009, 15:37 +0000 schrieb Teej:
> I think they should be left as fix released, as it is advised to use the
> proprietary driver not the open source one in this case, since the open
> source driver does not provide enough stability. If after changing you
> are still experiencing severe problems, then either report back on here
> or for a quicker response please go to #ubuntu or #ubuntu--bugs on IRC.

The proprietary driver (when activated from Ubuntu’s hardware driver
dialog) doesn’t work at all for my hardware. After a reboot, the
wireless device doesn’t even show up in ifconfig or Network Manager.

So I do rely on the open source driver, and it does at least work, but
not very well.