[xubuntu-users] [Xubuntu 6.10] wifi not detected after boot

[Chris Henderson]

I installed Xubuntu 6.10 & during installation my wifi was detected
correctly. But now as I boot off the new system there is no wifi.

Here's my ifconcig output:

ïfconfig -a

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:8F:F3:7A:5B
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:193 Base address:0x4800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

cat /etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto ath1
iface ath1 inet dhcp
# wireless-* options are implemented by the wireless-tools package
wireless-mode managed
wireless-essid SSID

I had a look at the dmesg and the wireless device is not shown.

Any help would be appreciated.