Re: Lenny with Atheros AR522/AR5213 Chipset

[Jeffrey Cao <jcao.linux@gmail.com>]

On 2009-03-09, Richard Werst <rbwerst@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for responding;
>
> I decided to try replacing the Gnome Network manager with Wicd and so
> far so good -- it has not dropped the connection once.
>
> As a result I believe that the driver in the Lenny Kernel
> (2.6.26-1-686) works and there is no need to re-compile it with the
> Madwifi driver.
>
> For those with a similar problem information on the Wicd wireless
> manager can be obtained from:
>
> http://wicd.net
>
> Now back to tweaking the touchpad...
>
> Thanks again
>
> Richard 
>
>
>

To address the problem if it is caused by NM or ath5k driver, you can
just boot into non-X mode.