I just ran sudo modprobe acer-wmi and that was enough to bring back the repeated disconnections. So was removing acer-wmi from blacklist.conf and rebooting. To make Ubuntu work for these machine /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf could "blacklist acer-wmi" by default.
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:57:32 +0000 > From: christopher.penal...@gmx.com > To: lukek...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 799290] Re: wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with > kernel 3.0 > > Luke, ok. Could you please remove the acer-wmi blacklist workaround and > test to see if this still present in newest mainline following > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds ? > > ** Tags added: i386 > > ** Tags removed: kernel-request-3.0.0-11.17 kernel-request-3.0.0-11.18 > kernel-request-3.0.0-12.19 kernel-request-3.0.0-12.20 > ** Tags added: regression-release > > ** Tags added: needs-bisect needs-upstream-testing > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799290 > > Title: > wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with kernel 3.0 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799290/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799290 Title: wireless repeatedly connects and disconnects with kernel 3.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/799290/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
