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  1. Bug #924087
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 924087

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Jiri Grönroos (jiri-gronroos) wrote :

Christopher M. Penalver, I'd like to help with this issue. However, I'm unable to help because the computer locks up instantly after lightdm-greeter loads. I'm unable to login using lightdm or VTs, computer just locks with the latest kernel from -proposed. WLAN chip can't be disabled from BIOS and pressing FN+F3 (toggle wlan status) instantly after lightdm-greeter loaded didn't disable WLAN.

The computer was fine when I installed 12.04 LTS on it at home. Wlan worked well with 2.437 GHz/DHCP/WPA2-PSK [AES]. Then I travelled and the lock-ups started immediately after trying to connect to different WLANs.

I believe this issue originates to ath9k and its failure to handle different channels/frequencies and network setups. I'm not able to help with this issue anymore since I gave that Acer Aspire 5250-E302G25Mikk laptop away. To me 12.04 LTS seems to be completly broken on that laptop and its "Acer Nplify 802.11b/g/n" WLAN chip. Blame ath9k and Acer for picking those bad components into their laptops.