I fixed wifi on an Acer laptop with madwifi drivers. try madwifi.org and google your chipset. its a bit of a convoluted process but it worked ok in the end.
Ohb01 wrote: > Synaptic shows that I have installed linux-restricted- > modules-2.6.24-19-generic (installed version 2.6.24.13-19.42 from Hardy- > updates, which is the only one showing as available). > > But if I restart with 2.6.24-19-generic, then: > > I have no Wireless as mentioned above. Also, clicking on Network Monitor > applet on the GNOME panel shows only "SIOCGIFFLAGS error: No such > device". > > And System > Administration > Hardware Drivers shows only > > "Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards. Enabled [v]. Status: Not > in Use." > > Not even listed in Hardware Drivers under 2.6.24-19-generic: > > - "Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)" (which is listed and shown as > "In use" when I restart with kernel 2.6.20-16-generic) > > - "ATI accelerated graphics driver" (which is listed when I restart with > kernel 2.6.20-16-generic, though I choose not to use this driver as it > prevents Suspend/Hibernate, which is a different story, I think.) > > -- Kernel 2.6.24-17 - broken resume from suspend to RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226279 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
