I followed the advice given in Bug 251252 given by Luks911 which restored the wireless connectivity. See below:
I am experiencing the same problem after upgrading to kernel 2.6.24-21 this morning. I posted a question (48094) seeking a solution for this issue. It has never happened in previous upgrades. Below is a copy of my question: When I ran update manager this morning (10-15-08) my system upgraded to the kernel 2.6.24-21. Upon reboot my athi wifi card was no longer working so I reinstalled the madwifi files & rebooted again. When the system rebooted it stoped just short of the end on the status bar & the Caps Lock key light began to flash. FYI-I am able to boot up using an earlier kernel (2.6.24-19) so this problem appears to be related to the kernel upgrade. This problem is also described in Bug 251252 but I saw no resolution as this is a new one problem due to the recent upgrade. I am running 8.04 on a Compaq Presario 700 notebook. Below are the steps & outputs (where indicated): - Ran Update Mananger - Rebooted into the latest kernel (2.6.24-21) - Repaired athi card access using the following steps: - cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007 - make - sudo make install - sudo modprobe ath_pci - sudo reboot - This is where the system locked up during the reboot process & where the Caps Lock light began to flash. The mouse pad light also goes from inactive to active. The system hangs in this mode indefinitely. - Rebooted into 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode) - Ran repair package option (dpkg) - Rebooted and experienced the same problem - Rebooted again into the 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode) to see what errors were occurring. Got the following message: kernel panic - not syncing fatal exception in intrupt Is there a way to fix this issue or is a patch required? Thanks in advance for any help given in resolving this issue! Marcus,<br> I read the same problem in Ubuntu-es forum, with that kernel update in Hardy and a Compaq Presario F700 (with Atheros AR5007EG).<br> The aparently solution is:<br> - Boot in recovery into kernel 2.6.24-21-generic<br> - Uninstall de madwifi driver with:<br> - cd madwifi_directory (madwifi-<wbr>ng-r2756+<wbr>ar5007 or another version, like madwifi-<wbr>hal-0.10.<wbr>5.6)<br> - sudo make uninstall<br> - Then install de linux-backports<wbr>-modules for your kernel version. With this package you can use the wifi using the ath5k driver: run<br> - sudo modprobe ath5k<br> if it's necesary. I did the above which returned the wireless feature however when I try to connect via the wireless Internet programs such as Firefox act like the computer is not on-line. In my troubleshooting I noticed that the Atheros Hardware Access Layer device in hardware drivers is unchecked. Do I need to activate this? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! marcus -- Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu EEEPC, which is a direct subscriber. Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Confirmed Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: In Progress Bug description: Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available from the madwifi website: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile manually :) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
