Public bug reported:

Hi,

wifi isnt found on this laptop via jockey because there is a bug in the madwifi 
package hardy delivers.
please merge the latest snapshot to get this popular laptop run out of box.

This is what helps me to get the wifi running:

wget 
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar.gz
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
tar zxvf madwifi-<version>tar.gz
cd madwifi-<version>
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
sudo modprobe ath_pci 

Greetz therm

** Affects: madwifi-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
  wifi isnt found on this laptop via jockey because there is a bug in the 
madwifi package hardy delivers.
  please merge the latest snapshot to get this popular laptop run out of box.
  
  This is what helps me to get the wifi running:
  
  wget 
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar.gz
  sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
  tar zxvf madwifi-<version>tar.gz
  cd madwifi-<version>
  make
- make install
+ sudo make install
  sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
  sudo modprobe ath_pci 
  
  Greetz therm

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Acer Extensa 5220 wifi / Atheros not found
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