I couldn't remember; maybe I did only boot it once before, and maybe I was not being patient enough. Sorry.
Today I reinstalled 2.6.38-9.43 proposed. I booted twice, and on the second boot I waited a few minutes, and the network ultimately came up without any modprobes or network-manager toggles. The syslog shows the expected direct probe messages. Log attached. The network seems to be fully functional, just slow to come up. I haven't tested its throughput or anything like that. I will boot one more time on this one and will also try the other kernel you mentioned. ** Attachment added: "syslog 2.6.38-9.43 proposed network slowly comes up." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/767192/+attachment/2112079/+files/20110504_02063809proposed_boot3_syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/767192 Title: Wireless flaky on Acer Aspire 5100 after installing Natty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs