[Bug 289100] Re: Kernel update to 2.6.27-7.14 broke atheros wireless on acer aspire one

[Paul O'Keefe]

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With Intrepid update this week that disabled ath5k driver in linux-
image-2.6.27-7-generic I followed suggested instructions to install
linux-backports-modules to restore ath5k driver.

Currently running
linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic version  2.6.27-7.14  & 
linux-backports-modules-2.6.27-7-generic version  2.6.27-7.4

Upon boot up to GDM login prompt all appears ok.  I moved to a text
terminal and signed in and verified that I had wireless connectivity.  I
had IP address and could ping my outside gateway.

I then signed in with GDM and lost connectivity.  Connectivity seems to
be sporadic and slow.  It appears the interface is bouncing up and down
although /var/log/messages is not reflecting this.  Pinging my router
shows

PING 10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=214 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=147 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=677 ms
^C
--- 10.0.0.254 ping statistics ---
13 packets transmitted, 3 received, 76% packet loss, time 19034ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 147.884/346.778/677.596/235.516 ms

which is consistent with the erratic interface behavior described above.

This interface worked with the former  linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic
package and works now with NDISWRAPPER.


** Attachment added: "lspci output"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18942976/lspci.txt

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Kernel update to 2.6.27-7.14 broke atheros wireless on acer aspire one
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289100
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