Confirmed, and thank you rodrigo for showing me how to do this.... I'm now posting this from .31-2 kernel with working wifi. My process is slightly different from rodrigos but the result is the same, my wifi is working and so is the wifi LED light that goes with it.
Summary: Main difference in mine is I MUST boot my computer, then sudo modprobe -r -f ath5k. If I don't, switching the wifi button locks my computer up completely. I must hold the power button in until it shuts down, then reboot. Also, notice in my details that when I modprobe -r -f ath5k there is only 1 rfkill result. Hoping this will help with what is really going wrong on the ath5k systems Details: Boot r...@buzzmandt-laptop:/home/buzzmandt# tail /sys/class/rfkill/*/state ==> /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state <== 0 ==> /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill1/state <== 1 r...@buzzmandt-laptop:/home/buzzmandt# modprobe -r -f ath5k r...@buzzmandt-laptop:/home/buzzmandt# tail /sys/class/rfkill/*/state 0 ------------notice only one rfkill result........... --------press wifi switch ................... r...@buzzmandt-laptop:/home/buzzmandt# tail /sys/class/rfkill/*/state ==> /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state <== 1 ............Notice still only 1 rfkill result ....................... r...@buzzmandt-laptop:/home/buzzmandt# modprobe ath5k r...@buzzmandt-laptop:/home/buzzmandt# tail /sys/class/rfkill/*/state ==> /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state <== 1 ==> /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/state <== 1 Wifi works, LED indicator also works. IMPORTANT NOTE: The wifi connection does not work until 2 rfkill states are present. if there is only 1 rfkill present but it's set to 1 there still is no wifi. I have tried a couple different ways to do this but if I use any other route my computer locks up. -- atheros wifi not working with kernel 2.6.31-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395565 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
