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[Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

 

Also tested Intrepid alfa 5 on Eee PC 701, 512MB / 4GB

Wireless still does not work out of the box, but with a minimal change
it does.

Just blacklist the ath_pci module and reboot. Wireless will be working
with no problem.

To blacklist the module:

$ sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Then, add this line to the file:

blacklist ath_pci

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Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
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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 :)