[clug] Re: Aspire One wireless issues on Kubuntu 8.04.1

Tomasz Ciolek tmc at vandradlabs.com.au
Fri Jan 9 14:00:52 GMT 2009


 Hi there

OI am having some success with Ubuntu 8.10 and the in-kernel ath5k
driver. My Aspire is the AOA150 model. happy to share reults with you... 

Cheers
Tomasz Ciolek

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:25:55PM +1100, Tim Murphy wrote:
> Nevermind, I found the solution at 
> http://coolhake.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/install-ubuntu-hardy-heron-8041-on-the-acer-aspire-one/
> 
> (from the page)
> 
> Every time there is a kernel update you will need to perform the following 
> steps to make the wireless work. Go to the directory 
> (madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801) and run:
> 
> make clean
> make
> sudo make install
> 
> T
> 
> On Friday 09 January 2009 13:09:26 you wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've been running Kubuntu 8.04 on my Asus Aspire One without any dramas for
> > about a month now.  I used the instructions at
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne to get wireless up and running
> > with no problems.
> >
> > This morning I did an update using Adept Package Manager.  There were 30+
> > packages which were added or upgraded and some of the new packages were
> > kernel updates.  After the update (and restart) the wireless card is no
> > longer found.
> >
> > I've done a bit of searching and it seems that kernel updates have cause
> > issues with wifi in the past.  Does anyone know how to revert these
> > updates?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Tim
> 
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