Vista kills Ubuntu wireless

[silner]

On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:06:23 -0500, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

> It's not a driver issue, assuming it really did work the first time,
> right out of the box, with a Live CD (disclaimer).  If that's the case
> then Windows had to have set something in the device, possibly even a
> firmware upgrade(?), and now Linux won't talk to the device.  You would
> have to disassemble the Windows driver to see what it did during setup.
>  If they did indeed upgrade the firmware, no amount of power cycling
> would help.

This explanation makes the most sense to me. It's not helpful but it 
makes sense. I'll have to remember Vista is OK with updating firmware 
without so much a by your leave. If this is the issue it's outrageous and 
may even be actionable in the UK.



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