Never mind on my automatic load complaint -- seems others have had problems in the past:
Excerpt from my /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist: # buggy driver causes kernel BUG on load (Ubuntu: #78255, #88430) blacklist r818x blacklist r8187 (module-init-tools-3.3-pre3-1ubuntu7) -- ESSID gets truncated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74672 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs