Thanks for this – I followed the instructions with no problems, and it very nearly works…

The only issue I’m still fixing is hostapd only works when I run it from the command line and not on startup as a daemon.

The rest of the system I’m using LXDE on top of ubuntu server (from http://joggler.exotica.org.uk/ubuntu/) with Variety (from http://peterlevi.com/variety/) as a digital photo frame running my AP and a few services in the background. Geeky server for me to play with, girlfriend-approved on basis of pretty pictures!