Public bug reported:
I downloaded the edgy beta alternative i386 cd and installed it on my
laptop with an Atheros based D-Link G650 AirPlus Wi-fi PC card. During
install it detected the card and asked for the encryption key and essid.
It then discovered a connection.
After install was completed the wifi card wasn't working. "lspci" showed
that the card was avaliable,
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
but it didn't appear in the output from "iwconfig".
:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
"lsmod" showed no ath modules loaded, so i tried "modprobe ath_hal" and
"modprobe ath_pci" and got
FATAL: Module ath_pci not found.
FATAL: Module ath_hal not found.
I open up synaptic and found that the linux-restricted-modules package
that contains the Madwifi driver was not installed. Additionally I
noticed that neither was the linux-generic package.
After installing the restricted package and issuing "sudo modprobe
ath_pci" the card turned on and grabbed an ip address. Opening up the
network-admin applet showed that the WEP key was set correctly, which
must have been through the installation process. It also shows up fully
configured in iwconfig. So it works fine now.
Thanks
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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linux-restricted-modules not installed on edgy-beta-alternative after detecting
madwifi card
https://launchpad.net/bugs/63006
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