wicd doesn't work

[Derek Broughton]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Shannon McMackin wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Thanks for reminding Karl that in most cases you must blacklist the
>>> ath5k driver which Ubuntu tries to use by default and install the
>>> madwifi driver.  That is if the backports module for your kernel doesn't
>>> fix your issues.
>>>     
>>
>> Whoa!  That may work for a few edge cases, but ime ath5k is far more
>> reliable than madwifi.
>>   
>     As usual your taking this out of context.

As usual?  I think not.  However, I freely admit this _was_ out of context. 
That doesn't alter the fact that recommending that "in most cases", as
Shannon just did, you should blacklist ath5k is IMO _wrong_.

>     While you have been having 
> fun with all this stuff I got an email from the kernel team and have
> been getting them some files from my Jaunty which they think, and so do
> I, can not do wireless because the kernel is bad.

What does that have to do with Shannon's advice to blacklist ath5k "in most
cases".

It's not "as usual" me taking anything out of context, it's "as usual" you
assuming the world revolves around you and your problems.
-- 
derek