Comment 6 for bug 549140

Is there anything one can do to assist solving this issue (apart from installing experimental packages - unfortunately not an option for me)? This is very annoying as I basically like to use the network manager for its convenient VPN features and its overall good usability; yet this issue renders it nearly unusable for me as I need to have a stable connection for working purposes (home office).

Btw: unloading and reloading ar9170usb does not work - device still seems to be locked afterwards; no scanning results, network manager shows "not connected" and does not list any wireless network either.