I have tried Intrepid Ibex with kernel 2.6.27-9 but the at76_usb driver still freezes, however i have found a solution! :). It seems the 8.10 ships with 0.14beta1 at76 driver which is very old. The newer 0.17 works really well on 8.10 with a patch, see link.
http://guide.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1029314 -- at76c503a causes system freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120800 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs