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 -- Acer Extensa 5220 wifi / Atheros not found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242080 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