Tried with Herd 4 and the issue was indeed fixed with a recent update of linux-restricted-modules.
** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- madwifi can't be loaded during the livecd boot (feisty) https://launchpad.net/bugs/83192 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs