New Installation 9.10 or 10.04?

[#1]

Have you read <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne/Old">this</a> for info about Ubuntu on the one

[#2]

Had a quick squint just now, there 1 or 2 lines about my particular problem but not a step by step fix.
I have tried step by step fixes from othert sources, but they dont work (i am copying and pasting the prompts into the terminal but something always fails)
Annoying 😞

[#3]

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I recently put the new Ubuntu 10.04 on my Acer Aspire One netbook and the wifi keeps dropping under heavy load

I've seen some info on the problem , its one of the reasons I haven't upgraded my AA1 from 9.04 yet.
Can't find the info at the mo but I'm sure I've got it bookmarked at home so will try and post it later.
Edit. Ok I think I've found it http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k
You want the section headed

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Eliminating `ath5k: unsupported jumbo` bug There is a hardware bug on some adapters, such as Atheros 5007EG on Acer Aspire One netbook. Connection may drop suddenly or work instable, dmesg shows: ath5k: unsupported jumbo. The reason is a result of poor hardware ASPM support. It is a hardware bug that is worked around in windows driver by disabling PCIE ASPM L0S.

Its about 2/3 down the document.

[#4]

Thanks for that, still looks really quite difficult though 

[#5]

I'll try it on my AA1 tonight and check it out, as I believe its a general problem with the ath5k driver from 9.04 onwards and not just 10.04.

[#6]

Ok I don't have one but try this in a terminal:-

lspci -tv |grep Atheros <- you need the bit at the start something like 00.1c.2
lspci |grep Atheros <- you need the bit at the start something like 03.00.0

Download the script from that webpage edit it and change the 3 settings:-

ROOT_COMPLEX="00:1c.2"  <- from 1st entry above
ENDPOINT="03:00.0"  <- from second entry
ASPM_SETTING=2 

Then enter in a teminal again:-

sudo sh enable-aspm

And you should get 2 SUCCESSES in the window.
Then copy it to the /usr/bin and make it executable

sudo chmod +x enable-aspm&&sudo cp enable-aspm /usr/bin

Then

sudo  gedit /etc/rc.conf 

add the line enable-aspm before the line "exit 0"
Just basically what it says on the web page, but hopefully a bit easier to follow?

[#7]

lost all connectivity, trying linux mint

[#8]

@mrmarkus1981,
HB's instructions seem pretty thorough.
I've tried it on my AA1 and it works ok.
Just downloaded 57 MB of updates in about 2mins with no probs.

I assume you're using UNE 10.04 mine is UNR 9.04
HB's instructions assume you download the enable-aspm to your home directory.
My wireless card was reported by lspci as
+-1c.2-[0000:03]----00.0 Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x ....
so the root was 00:1c.2 and the endpoint  03:00.0

Not sure if HB's sudo sh enable-aspm command should be sudo bash enable-aspm as per the web instructions ( or even whether it matters! )
Hope that  helps
Post back and let us know how it goes.
Edit: just saw your post, not sure how Mint will help , its got the same kernel as Ubuntu.

[#9]

sh or bash should do the same, sh just calls the default shell.

[#10]

Thanks HB , I wasn't sure about that.

[#11]

Mint 8 Helena works a treat, no wireless drop outs and runs quicker than ubuntu
will try the latest version tomorrow maybe (the mrs isnt happy with me taking her netbook away from her, she's a surfaholic!)

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[#13]

@mrmakus1981,
Hi , I've done a bit more digging, I had always belived that this issue was present from the 9.04 kernel but TBH I've not had much of a problem with wireless on my 9.04 but then again I probably don't use it that heavily.
AFAIK Mint 8 is based on Ubuntu 9.10 whereas Mint 9 is based on 10.04
Before you destroy a working system ( and incur the wrath of SWMBO ) it might be worth doing a little more checking to see what the status of ASPM is now , and with the MInt 9 Live system ( if possible )
You can see the status of ASPM by using the command , sudo lspci -vv
Look for the section relating to the Atheros adaptor and you should see something like this

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LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+

That was mine before applying the enable-aspm script, as you can see both L0 and L1 aspm are enabled.
Below is after the patch and you can see that only L1 is enabled.

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LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <64us ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-

Hope that helps