Comment 140 for bug 182489

Hello Dimitrios, yes I did, that was one of the first things that I have
tried.(actually after a fresh install of ibex)
After that ndiswrapper and acer_wmi, later on madwifi but It didn't had
64bit support.
cheers

2008/12/22 Dimitrios Symeonidis <email address hidden>

> frank, sebass, have you installed linux-backport-modules?
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
> 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: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Baltix: New
>
> 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 :)
>