I can confirm this bug. For me it's just a hard freeze, occurs after a couple of hours, up to a day.
Linux fatbastard 2.6.27-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 00:36:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2424 chip found (MAC: 0xa2, PHY: 0x61) -- ath5k driver causes Ubuntu to freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261142 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs