*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 182489 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 182489
Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS
Eee PC
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WiFi card w/ AR 5007 eg chipset won't run under Hasty Alpha 4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193459
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Status in “linux-meta” source package in Ubuntu: New
Bug description:
I have a Compaq Presario F750US laptop with AMD x86-64 processor. Its WiFi
card uses the Atheros AR 5007 EG chipset. Hardy detects the card and allows me
to select propietary Atheros drivers (HAL and the specifice driver), but even
with these selected and the computer rebooted, I have no WiFi access. When I
check the Network Manager, it doesn't see any wireless devices installed!
Installing a 64-bit Windows driver under NDIS Wrapper did not solve the problem
(even after blacklisting the Atheros drivers).
In the following threads, one user solved the same problem on an Acer laptop
with same processor and WiFi chipset by installing 32-bit Feisty and acer-acpi
before installing a 32-bit Windows driver under NDIS Wrapper. As that user
puts it, "Additional information: This is an AMD Turion 64 laptop, but with
Ubuntu 7.04, the version x86_86 was never able to initialize the kernel. I had
to install the version i386. In order to make wlan0 "visible" I had to install
acer_acpi 0.8.2, and then installed the driver with ndiswrapper and wifi worked
fine." See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=580672
This didn't work either: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=31926
Nor did this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=31926
As the AR 500x chipset series is common in budget notebooks these days, I hope
this bug will be resolved soon!
Feel free to contact me with questions: kyle.echols.joyce at
gmail .com
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