So since 12.04.1 64bit didn't recognise this chip, we decided to go with 13.04.
The first problem is that this version has short support and we do not know if chip will work in 13.10 or not. which is the Ubuntu experience....i would realyl prefer it to work with 12.04 and NO MANUAL driver compiling each kernel update!
I've already read the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1049466
but i can only see that different people got different results. for some it worked, for some it disabled power management and for some it didn't work at all. in this case the card is recognised but when you try to connect it doesn't connect. it also doesn't give out any error (what kind of UI doesn't give any error report if device is not working?). the light is showing as if the wi-fi is off.
so the obvious and main quesiton is how to make the wi-fi work? and why is the bug marked as resolved if it is not working?
and just to make sure the wi-fi is working the maschine came with SUSE Linux preinstalled and the wi-fi card works just fine there. eventhogh the SUSE SP2 is from February last year (which is before 12.04) and it has in general older packages than 12.04.
so manufacturer is not to blame it seems. hardware is definatelly linux compatible.
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