Karmic: Atheros AR5001 wifi does not work with kernel 2.6.31-11-generic

[moma]

Hello,

This installation is a 32 bit Karmic 9.10 on Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Li 1718 laptop.
The laptop has Atheros AR5001 wireless network adapter.
It worked very well and out-of-the-box in Karmic 9.10 alpha2/3, but stopped working in the latest 2.6.31-11 kernel.

The network-manager's "Enable Wireless" option is disabled and the wireless list is completly empty.

System information:
$ uname -a
Linux karmic32 2.6.31-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 11:55:55 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
--

$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic
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$ lspci -vnvn
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:3067]
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ath5k
 Kernel modules: ath5k
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$ lsmod | grep -i ath
Module Size Used by
ath5k 123940 0
mac80211 81236 1 ath5k
led_class 4096 1 ath5k
ath 8060 1 ath5k
cfg80211 93052 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
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I have previously used the following guide to make it work in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty).
http://futuredesktop.org/jaunty/amilo_1718_wireless_in_linux.txt
Though, haven't tried it on Karmic yet.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: moma 2760 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Audigy2'/'SB Audigy 2 Value [SB0400] (rev.0, serial:0x10011102) at 0xbc00, irq 23'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9750,51'
   Components : 'AC97a:83847650'
   Controls : 201
   Simple ctrls : 36
Date: Sun Oct 4 10:14:39 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0ed0043e-4e44-42da-8587-1457ccb81353
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-11-generic 2.6.31-11.36
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=53d16693-0f00-432a-ba20-1e47337071a9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-11-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.19
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 07/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1201
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5B-V
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1201:bd07/02/2007:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5B-V:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[moma (osmoma)]

Notice.
The attached log files are not valid for this bug because I had to write/report this error from another PC and "ubuntu-bug" collected/attached the info from it.

[Ernest Perry Jr. (eperry2011)]

I would LOVE to see a fix for this imminently - I have tried upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 and am now getting the exact same output from those commands(no really, EXACT)...what is weird is that my card was working from the Live CD, but not after the install...

[Jan Groenewald (jan-aims)]

On an HPG60 the same symptoms.