(1) is perhaps related to bug #60938 ; I ran "depmod -a" and it fixed the issue.
Now both linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic and linux- restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-386 have the only-managed problem. -- Cannot set modes other than 'Managed' on Atheros based wifi card https://launchpad.net/bugs/62106 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs