ubuntu-eeepc team mailing list archive

[frank <protterg@xxxxxxxxx>]

HI
    I have been haunted by this problem on my Toshiba L200 as well, no 
matter in ubuntu 8.04 nor 8.10. I am looking forward to have an effective 
way to solve this problem, since the bug has become a legacy of ubuntu and 
it would be unwise to make it into a legend for our honorable community.

--------------------------------------------------
From: "sebass" <js.bruzzone@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 7:45 PM
To: <protterg@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on 
variouslaptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

> 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
>
> -- 
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the 
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> 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 :)

-- 
Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
EEEPC, which is a direct subscriber.

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 :)