It may be, that the packet loss of ath5k is the reason for this bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/570375.
Thunderbird could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server mail.gmx.net was lost in the middle of the transaction. (a mail with attach). It works with the driver of http://snapshots.madwifi- project.org/madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz. -- Severe packet loss with Atheros Wi-Fi and lucid kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573689 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