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[madberry <madberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Garret,

Latest news on that is that Intrepid will have Kernel version 2.6.27 in it 
which will include the newest solution for people like you and me.  For now 
go here to get it to work:

http://madberry.org/2008/08/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-wireless-to-
work-2/

When Intrepid gets into beta I will start testing myself....

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[mad]Berry van der Linden
madberry.org
blackdeath.nl


On Thursday 28 August 2008 02:20:00 garrett.todd wrote:
> I am an avid Ubuntu user and promoter, however my new laptop is having
> extreme problems recognizing my Atheros chipset 5007EG on a Toshiba
> Satellite m305d-s4831. I have spent hours with madwifi and ndiswrapper
> trying to get the packages to work however both my ethernet and wireless
> are not working even though they are being recognized by the hardware
> manager.  It is making it an incredible headache to try to find all the
> packages one by one i need to get this working. Please help get a fix
> for this.  The kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Alpha 4 Test's LAN is working
> great, however right now i can't access package manager or restricted
> drivers until the release, so I don't know if the bug is fixed yet.
> Please help. Oh, and the entire campus here is soon to be making the
> transition over to linux from windows. Thanks guys!


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[mad]Berry van der Linden
madberry.org
blackdeath.nl

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Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Confirmed
Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: New
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: New
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules

The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available from the madwifi website:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile manually :)