In the most recent release of Ubuntu (9.04 beta), the wireless card in
question works just fine. Support for this device seems to have gotten
better with recent updates to the kernel. Having tried other
distributions and different versions of the kernel, I've noticed that
support for this device
Support for this device is built into kernel versions beginning with
2.6.28 (or possibly earlier).
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Status: Incomplete = Fix Released
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AR5006EG/AR242x/AR2423 wireless not working
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I recently reinstalled Intrepid using the ISO image available on
ubuntu.com. After installation, I rebooted. The Atheros card was not
operational. However, under System - Administration - Hardware
Drivers, Ubuntu shows Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards as
being activated.
what is acp_pci? I have never heard of it. AFAIK, ath5k is the Open Source
alternative to ath_pci/ath_hal, and a new ath5k branch is now part of the
wireless-2.6 tree.
What I actually did was getting latest ath5k code by downloading
compat-wireless package from wireless.kernel.org
ath5k is the eventual replacement for acp_pci. This is not a
resolution, it merely replaces the development driver with the older,
soon-to-be-antiquated solution.
Also, /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi does not exist without the installation
of the package madwifi-tools. Ideally, the driver should
I realized the ath5k module was interfering with ath_pci. I had to edit
the /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi file by commenting out the ath5k line and
uncommenting the ath_hal and ath_pci lines:
## ath5k (mac80211)
#blacklist ath5k
## madwifi (non-free)
blacklist ath_hal
blacklist ath_pci
#blacklist
Same problem here with a Compaq Presario 773EL notebook with an Atheros
AR5007 card:
$ uname -a
Linux new-host 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
$ lspci -v
[...]
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg
Wireless PCI Express
