Comment 131 for bug 182489

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Roderic Jones (rodericj) wrote : Re: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

Many thanks - this works (EeePC 900). There were two slight problems -
you have to remove the quote marks and re-type them if you cut and
paste and the WiFi was turned off in the bios during this process and
had to be turned on again. It now works fine.

2008/11/3 Christer Edwards <email address hidden>:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 09:55:34PM -0000, Roderic Jones wrote:
>> The best solution at the moment seems to be installing Adam McDaniel's
>> kernel (linux-image-2.6.27-7-eeepc). This works perfectly on an eee PC
>> 900.
>>
>> You can download it from:
>>
>> http://www.array.org/ubuntu/index.html
>>
>> If you follow his instructions it is simple to set up.
>
> Installing the linux-modules-backports-intrepid package has been
> reliable for me. I used these tips:
>
> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/02/wireless-networking-on-
> eeepc-701-ubuntu-810-intrepid/
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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