I can't believe this bug is already 4 years old. And it's only one file and three words missing per default!
I encountered this bug on 26th April when I was installing a new Ubuntu 14.04 with a friend on his old laptop, since he wanted to move away from XP. So this was one of his first experiences with linux, we nearly had to give up installing, because of the broken network connection. And yet after some searching it was only one (!) command which solved it for us: echo "options ath5k nohwcrypt" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/ath5k.conf So could you please fix this and add /etc/modprobe.d/ath5k.conf with "options ath5k nohwcrypt" per default!? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568090 Title: ath5k should be loaded with nohwcrypt parameter Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After a lengthy thread, I was able to get to the bottom of my poor web browsing performance in Lucid Beta 2. Basically I kept gettng the "Waiting for <insert site here>..." status on whatever browser I used. Pages would load after a really long time, or sometimes not at all. My laptop uses the AR2413 chipset, which utilizes the ath5k wireless module. We were able to find that loading the module with the nohwcrypt parameter fixed my problem: sudo modprobe ath5k nohwcrypt psyke83 from the forums showed me how to automatically load the ath5k module with the said parameter on reboot. sudo sh -c "echo 'options ath5k nohwcrypt' >/etc/modprobe.d/custom- wireless.conf" Hopefully this information can help others with similar hardware. Whether this should be a default for Lucid, I am not sure because I don't know if it affects everyone the same. The thread is pasted below for full details of everything I tried to find the solution. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1441818 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/568090/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
