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[Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And, mysteriously, after I booted back and forth between Ubuntu and
Windows several times, both the WiFi and the sound are working
correctly under Ubuntu. No idea why it stopped working, why it started
again, or what will happen in the future. But it's working at the
moment.

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, I've tried other headphones. I don't have a USB audio device that
> is supported anymore. And, as I've said, the sound works just fine
> when I boot into Windows.
>
> As it happens, I'm responding from the Windows side since WiFi is now
> effectively broken on the Ubuntu side, possibly caused by a recent
> software update. The system sees the WiFi signal, but fails to accept
> the passwords. I've tested this at three different places with
> distinct WiFi services. And, again, it works on the same hardware
> under Windows.
>
> How might it become possible for me to actually get work done under
> Ubuntu on this machine? I keep raving about it to people, but I find
> that I can't count on it when I actually need to get tasks done.
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Jon Buckley <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Joseph,
>> This may or may not be the response that you were looking for, but I have an
>> EeePC-1000 & have been playing around with it a bit trying to find/figure
>> out exactly what you were talking about. Long story short, I noticed that if
>> I had a bad pair of headphones (partially broken wire down by the plug) I
>> started getting a bad sound quality, similar to what you were describing.
>> This makes me this that the issue is likely a hardware issue. Have you tried
>> testing different headphones/speakers, or even buying a $10 USB sound card
>> to test to see if the internal sound card is taking a poop on you??
>>
>> Hope that helps!!
>> -Jon Buckley
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> It looks like pavucontrol shows everything to be set up as I'd expect.
>>> Nothing is muted
>>> Levels for mono  sounds and stereo output are at 100%.
>>> Output devices are normally set to Analog Speakers but switch to
>>> Analog Headphones when the phones are plugged in. When it's in that
>>> halfway-state, it's still at Analog Speakers.
>>> Configuration is set to Analog Stereo Duplex, though changing it to
>>> Analaog Stereo Output doesn't change anything.
>>>
>>> Anything else I should look for?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:19 PM, James Gifford <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Go figure. No sooner do I give away my 1001P to a friend a bug shows up
>>> > that I might be able to help with. Install and check what "pavucontrol"
>>> > shows - that's solved all my issues in the past.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > James Gifford
>>> >
>>> > On Dec 23, 2011, at 21:36, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I've had a weird behavior on my Asus Eee 1001P running Lubuntu 11.10
>>> >>
>>> >> The sound works OK through it speakers. When I plug in speakers or
>>> >> headphone, though (and I've tried several of each), the sound cuts out
>>> >> entirely when it's plugged in, and only gives some sound and some hum
>>> >> when it's partway in, suggesting that only one channel is being
>>> >> addressed in the audio connection. I was afraid that it was a hardware
>>> >> problem -- but when I boot into Windows 7, the sound works flawlessly,
>>> >> so it would seem that the hardware's OK.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've looked around the Web for solutions, but haven't found anything.
>>> >> Any clues?
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com
>>> >>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Jon Buckley
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> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com



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