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[Jan-Felix Schmakeit <jk-pc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm this problem.
Just installed Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 on my 1000H and I don't seem to be able to enable WiFi.

I had another WiFi-problem ( #273094 ) that I managed to fix with the
work-around provided in the bug-report.

When I boot up my eee pc and the WiFi-connection is disabled, I can use
Fn + F2 to enable it and can successfully connect to a wireless network.
However, if I press Fn + F2 again to disable the connection, the OSD
"wireless lan disabled" appears on the screen and the entire netbook
freezes. As mentioned I have to hold down the power button to restart
the machine.

I called "/etc/acpi/eeepc-wireless-toggle.sh" directly from the command line and managed to reproduce the crash. (This script is called when a 'Wifi-On/Off"-ACPI-event is received in /etc/apci/events/eeepc-hotkey -> /etc/acpi/eeepc-hotkeys.sh)
The eee pc crashed with the error message: "ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device". Interestigly, my wireless interface is called "ra0" and not "ath0". I even manged to crash my machine by manually executing "ifconfig ath0 down" (as per /etc/acpi/eeepc-wireless-toggle.sh).

Once I changed the command in /etc/acpi/eeepc-wireless-toggle.sh from
"ifconfig ath0 down" to "ifconfig ra0 down" everything works fine.

If you experience similar problems (your eee pc crashing when you are
trying to use fn + f2 to turn the WiFi-connection on/off), check what
your wireless interface is called ("sudo iwconfig") and adjust the file
"/etc/acpi/eeepc-wireless-toggle.sh" accordingly.

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Cannot enable Wifi in Ubuntu eee
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285140
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Status in Ubuntu Eee: New

Bug description:
Hi all,

I have installed ubuntu eee on my eee pc 901. I tried enabling the Wifi by using "fn" and "f2" but the OS freezes, nothing works including the mouse cursor. i have to hold down the "shutdown button" to switch off and restart. I using the "update manager" with a cable connected and downloaded all the latest updates, restarted, tried again but faced the same issue.

Has anyone else experienced this issue, and if you have, have you managed to fix it?

Thanks