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

 

I have the new emachines D620 (very Linux compatible!) with:
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Running Linux Mint (Elyssa 5-r1 fully updated w/Mint Update) I got the
wireless card running very well with ath5k by upgrading the Kernel to
vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic and adding the backports (also restricted-
modules and ubuntu-modules for good measure).

Then all I had to do was disable the two madwifi modules in "restricted
drivers" (Administration/Hardware Drivers), reboot, then and enable the
new Atheros 5xxx module after (may have been enabled by default).

I did this twice because I hosed the installation while screwing around
with Gentoo, so it is repeatable.

No joy at all with Intrepid.  Also no joy with Gentoo in the latest
unstable kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 and ath5k (won't associate).  (I will
get this working - in time!)

I did get the wifi working using ath5k easily with Sidux (now fully
dist-upgraded) but performance is terrible.

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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: Invalid
Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Baltix: New

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 :)