And, strangely, it's started again. It worked fine, even when I upgraded to 12.04 (which I like a lot) but has now resumed the wrong behavior. All was fine a couple of days ago, but isn't now.
I've seen some suggestions of fixes around the net, but they seem to be for older releases and other Eee PC models. I suspect it has to do with something that was recently upgraded, but not sure at all how to check that. Any pointers? On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Joseph Zitt <jz...@josephzitt.com> wrote: > 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 <jz...@josephzitt.com> 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 <j...@itsafork.com> 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 <jz...@josephzitt.com> 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 <ja...@jamesrgifford.com> >>>> 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 <jz...@josephzitt.com> 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 >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>>> >> Post to : ubuntu-us-ohio@lists.launchpad.net >>>> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>>> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>>> Post to : ubuntu-us-ohio@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jon Buckley >>> http://www.itsafork.com/ >>> https://launchpad.net/~itsafork >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com > > > > -- > Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com -- Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : ubuntu-us-ohio@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp