very similar issue on an acer extensa 5635ZG. same nic. the kernel is 2.6.31-19
very similar oops after the oops the machine remains perfectly usable except for wireless (nm-applet keeps asking for wpa passphrase but fails to connect, rmmod ath9k fails) tried linux-backports-modules-karmic and the issue persist ** Attachment added: "dmesg before installing linux-backports-modules-karmic" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39096480/ops.dmesg.txt -- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null), breaks wireless https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511452 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