Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager
The new atheros driver, madwifi-ng, uses a new way to change modes, as seen in http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/ChangingMode, requires to destroy and create the interface. But network-manager don't know this and failed to switch mode when a user clicks a ad-hoc network in the menu. ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- network-manager cannot set atheros wireless card (madwifi) to ad-hoc mode https://launchpad.net/bugs/98499 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs