wicd doesn't work

[Karl F. Larsen]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/02/2009 05:49 PM, Shannon McMackin wrote:
>   
>> On 04/02/2009 12:11 PM, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> What does that have to do with Shannon's advice to blacklist ath5k "in most
>>> cases".
>>>
>>> It's not "as usual" me taking anything out of context, it's "as usual" you
>>> assuming the world revolves around you and your problems.
>>>       
>> There was a time when blacklisting ath5k came highly recommended.  Since 
>> I don't have a system with atheros wireless anymore, I'm not on top of 
>> the situation with that driver.  I was grabbing at straws with trying to 
>> help Karl resolve his problem since he seems to have a new laptop 
>> throwing new issues his way...
>>
>>
>>     
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Atheros
>
> If read, actually provides instructions for un-blacklisting ath5K.
>
> <quote>
> Follow the steps below only if ath5k module did not work. This may be
> the result of a conflict with either ath_hal or ath_pci, or ath5k might
> be blacklisted somewhere. So:
> </quote>
>
>
>   
    On Jaunty there may be something wrong with ath_pci because it does 
a poor job of finding the wireless hardware. After full updates it no 
longer finds the hardware and of course wireless stops working.

Karl


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