[Bug 121819] No WLAN on Acer Extensa 4014

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On Acer Extensa notebook WLAN does not work. Wlan option is not listed in Network Settings.
Normal cable lan works ok.

uname -a
Linux vla-acer 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
08:01.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 10)
08:01.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:01.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:01.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: (rev 01)
08:01.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

the card is there:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

however in Windows XP the card works under AR5007EG name.

ndiswrapped does not work with WORKING winxp drivers:

ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
        device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)

dmesg | grep ndis:

[   48.000084] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[   48.062343] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 2682.156000] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 2708.956000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[ 2709.000000] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9) loaded
[ 2709.000000] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2467): closing handle 0xd3ab12a8 not implemented
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:231): log: C0001389, count: 4, return_address: dd3de6d4
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0xca3547c8
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0x28
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0xdca9c000
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0xdca9c000
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (miniport_init:275): couldn't initialize device: C000009A
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (pnp_start_device:426): Windows driver couldn't initialize the device (C0000001)
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (miniport_halt:339): device ca354400 is not initialized - not halting
[ 2709.008000] ndiswrapper: device eth%d removed
[ 2709.008000] ndiswrapper: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22
[ 2709.020000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe2b:b12c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:129028 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:70635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:186700873 (178.0 MiB)  TX bytes:5278425 (5.0 MiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xcc00 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5300 (5.1 KiB)  TX bytes:5300 (5.1 KiB)


iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lsmod | grep ath:
ath_pci                97312  0 
wlan                  204484  1 ath_pci
ath_hal               192592  1 ath_pci

What else could I provide... ?
Thanks in advance.

** Affects: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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No WLAN on Acer Extensa 4014
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121819