Public bug reported:
So the live CD detects Atheros wireless from Ath5k driver fine, can see
networks though none of them were open for me to connect to. So on live cd
wireless is okay.... but:
T
he default install adds on something in jockey-gtk (hardware driver manager)
that is called "support for atheros wireless LAN cards" by default. With this
installed and active, the system actually doesn't detect a wireless card at
all.
With it disabled, ubuntu does detect the wireless card and uses the
ath5k kernel driver. However reception is poor and connections are often
dropped. As reference, hardy heron with a 2.6.27 kernel from the
onelinux project gets much better reception and stability with the same
kernel driver. But main point is that the "support" seems to actually be
a hardware block. The enabled "support for atheros cards" clearly STOPS
the card from working rather than improve its usability. With the
workaround enabled no wireless interface is even detected.
PC is an Acer Aspire One newer model with 8gb solid state, 1gb RAM, and
6 cell battery.
also wanted to include linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic in the affects line
of bug description.
** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Atheros ath5k: hardware drivers driver stops it from working (not that it works
well anyway)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273825
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