Thank you for the instructions. I suspected something like that. Meanwhile, I have first removed the update to 2.6.17-11. Then installed the restricted modules and reinstalled the update. Things are working again.
Thanks for your help. Peter PS: I noticed in the forum that other people encountered identical or almost identical problems. I will post your solution as final entry on my own post. Stephen Drake wrote: > Sorry for the long delay, I should have subscribed earlier. > > The kernel modules needed to interface with the Atheros card need to be > installed alongside the new kernel due to ABI changes. > > This should be taken care of by the linux-restricted-modules package, > which depends on the latest version. For some reason this wasn't > installed (sometimes it's removed due to conflicts, such as non-free > nvidia drivers). So if you install that package you should be okay for > future updates. > > So please add that package and try to run the updates, if anything is to > be removed then cancel and check them over. Otherwise you should be okay > to proceed. > > -- Wireless card (Atheros) no longer detected after upgrade to kernel 2.6.17-11 https://launchpad.net/bugs/84641 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
