[Feisty] Atheros wireless broken by update on 13-03-07
Bug #92169 reported by
steve s.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| madwifi-tools (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: madwifi-tools
I have a netgear WPN311 wireless card (atheros chipset) that was working fine under network-manager.
However the feisty updates on 13/03 totally broke my wireless:
- First indication was that network-manager does not see my wireless card
- My wireless NIC no longer appears in the network configuration utility
- I am fairly sure this card was driven using the ath_pci module from madwifi, but this module no longer exists on my system...
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| steve s. (snsansom-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #1 |
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| steve s. (snsansom-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
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| Wesley Stessens (wesley) wrote | #3 |
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| status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
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Ok, This was because I updated the kernel but not the restricted modules (they weren't available at the time...)
After rebooting into the old kernel and re-updating, the new restricted modules were installed and my wireless now works fine again...
It seems from the forums that other people were also experiencing the same problem - perhaps there should be a warning if you update the kernel but not the restricted modules (if you have them installed)? I know this has a pretty simple solution, but it can still totally break things, like the net connection, which can be a somewhat painful experience!!