I am attaching the syslog for the failed activations this morning, and the syslog for the successful activation now. I will reboot to see what happens (I am applying a new batch of updates that include HAL).
** Attachment added: "syslog with failed activation of the wireless" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7079199/syslog.txt -- No wireless internet connection in Kernel 2.6.20.13 https://launchpad.net/bugs/98947 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs