I had the same problem. I also upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 and my atheros 5001 didn't work at all. Iwconfig had exactly the same output.
Turns out its a bug in Ubuntu. The problem is that in: /etc/modprobe.d There is the file: blacklist-ath_pci.conf Which has in it this: # For some Atheros 5K RF MACs, the madwifi driver loads buts fails to # correctly initialize the hardware, leaving it in a state from # which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop # madwifi from loading by default. Use Jockey to select one driver # or the other. (Ubuntu: #315056, #323830) blacklist ath5k Which blacklists atheros 5k wifi cards throwing the responsibility for the to Jockey. The problem is that Jockey handle at all atheros cards in 9.10, so there is no way to enable the wifi card. By commenting out the "blacklist ath5k" line as such: #blacklist ath5k everything starts to work beautifully. I think that the blacklist- ath_pci.conf should be deleted whenever an update to 9.10 happens. -- wireless driver karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418797 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
