[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1869062] Re: Acer Aspire 7715 microphone not detected

2020-03-25 Thread Brian Foster
Follow-up to #2 (again, please note I am NOT the originator of this report). Searching through some old notes/logs, I found the attached information about _my_ WiFi H/W (excerpted and slightly redacted because I have not checked the complete notes/logs for sensitive information). Abbreviated summ

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1869062] Re: Acer Aspire 7715 microphone not detected

2020-03-25 Thread Brian Foster
NOTE: I am NOT the originator of this bug report, but have a similar(? identical?) problem. My machine is an Acer Aspire E17 E5-722-425Q, and the built-in microphone (and also the mouse pad) has never(?) been detected. (Since I use a USB mouse and a USB headset-with-microphone, neither pr

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1841040] Re: r8169 ethernet sometimes doesn't work after cold boot/boot

2020-01-14 Thread Brian Foster
Make sure your unit really is an r8169, and not an r8168. Whilst (as I understand it) the r8169 module is supposed to work with an r8168, at least on my laptop (Acer Aspire E17 (E5-722-425Q), currently 18.04 (up-to-date)), using the r8169 module has resulted in "flakely" behaviour for as long as I