It's because if you don't load orinoco_pci the hostap_pci wireless driver gets loaded instead. Both drivers support the card and the kernel doesn't know which one to load but orinoco_pci usually gets loaded for some reason. The hostap_pci module has been broken for a long time but the Ubuntu team doesn't seem to care at all.
-- 'hostap-utils' causes soft lockup when booting lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573472 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
