On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 12:04 AM, John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:

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The key line is:

This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.

You shouldn't need firmware for the atheros cards. Especially the 5212 since the new ath5k module supports it.

It seems this is a well known problem for other distros as well:\ http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-85469.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-85469.html <--interesting http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros <---Even the madwifi wiki notes that it frequently dies (scroll down or search for 5212.) -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org