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[sebass <js.bruzzone@xxxxxxxxx>]

HI to all! 
I had been working around this issue since October 2007, including several distributions and I still, I found the same "solutions".
I have an aspire 7520, and I spent a LOT of time trying with madwifi, ndiswrapper, acer_wmi, you name it, and after 6 months, I got my atheros AR 5007 working on hardy. (I followed all the procedures, installing ndiswrapper, blacklisting, installing acer_wmi, dmesg,  ..etc). bad, very bad
When  Ibex came, I tried it, and I had more problems (out of the box) than on hardy, but more important, that still, no wifi.
This time, ndiswrapper doesn't work, and I won''t try using also the acer_wmi stuff.
So, I will like to know the real status of this issue, at least what options do I have at  the moment, if I try again the amd64 dist or the 32bit.
If madwifi will work on 64bits or keep trying on ndiswrapper.
This is so frustrating that I had been using Vista since October (Ibex release time).
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards!!!
Sebass

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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: Won't Fix
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 :)