Confirmed. Using the edgy beta Desktop CD on a Macbook, iwconfig doesn't find anything.
sudo modprobe ath_pci gives me (the following is not copied, but typed - any obvious spelling mistakes are due to that): WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_sample (/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/madwifi/ath_rate_sample.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/madwifi/ath_pci.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) dmesg gives me: [17183199.828000] ath_rate_sample: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_tx_complete [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_attach [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newassoc [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_dynamic_proc_register [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_cleanup [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_detach [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_node_init [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_findrate [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_newstate [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_rate_setupxtxdesc [17183199.828000] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes I would upgrade to the latest version, if I could get the thing to install on this machine... ** Bug 62958 has been marked a duplicate of this bug ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- W-Lan adapter with atheros chip, won`t work! https://launchpad.net/bugs/59701 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs