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Wireless mouse USB error “device not accepting address”

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Mouse is a Logitech m570 This problem occured after a two years of successful usage of this mouse on this machine this might help... mark@marks-Latitude-E6510:~$ lsusb Bus ...
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About powering USB device on Linux: Android camera app recognizes USB camera but Ubuntu doesn't

On my notebook, I have a USB camera, 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04 running on SD Card and Android Jelly Bean on flash memory. Ubuntu doesn't recognize the camera (even the USB port), cause it doesn't offer any ...
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How to disable write-cache for USB in Ubuntu for safe yanking without “Eject” or “Safely Remove”?

In Windows, I can edit the usb properties like in the following picture So I want to ask how can we edit the removal policy like that in Ubuntu ?
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Udev: no takes rule for gps

I'm trying to create a udev rule for a GPS. I tried several ways but can not get the device to be captured by the rule: lsusb: Bus 002 Device 007: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 ...
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How do i mount my SD Card? I am using ubuntu 10.04

root@shobhit:/media# lsusb Bus 002 Device 017: ID 14cd:125c Super Top Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0c45:6421 Microdia Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Bus 002 Device 001: ID ...
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wifi issues after 10.04 install

I installed 10.04 on one of my parents old computers so it would become usable again. The install went well and now Ubuntu itself is running fine. The only issue is that the belkin USB network adapter ...
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How to get USB webcam working on my ASUS Netbook under 10.04?

I have a camera that I have working under 12.04. Cheese and VLC recognize it and use it without a problem. But 12.04 is a pain on a netbook and I love my netbooks. I have a netbook running 10.04 NBR, ...
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Install TP-Link TL-WN722N on Ubuntu 10.04

I have a TP-Link TL-WN722N USB wireless card and cannot get it to install. I found lots of information but I have not touched my Ubuntu machine in 4 months and basically forgot what little knowledge ...
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USB stick bad superblock. Works absolutely fine in Windows

When I plug in my 8GB Cruzer Blade 8GB (Formatted as FAT32) into my Ubuntu computer, I get a mount error. The command 'e2fsck -f /dev/sda1" gives me "Bad magic number in super-block while trying to ...
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installing programs without having internet [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install software or packages without internet (offline)? I have a friend that has a ubuntu machine (10.04) and has no internet. they want some programs that ...
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USB ports not working - how do I check for drivers and diagnose problem?

My USB ports used to work, but have stopped working. I would re-install ubuntu but do not want to do that until I can back up my data which I cannot until my USB ports are fixed. How do I check to ...
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Install Problem (Ubuntu Server 10.04) with USB as it reboots when I hit 'enter' for 'Install Ubuntu Server' option! Help

We cannot seem to install Ubuntu Server with USB as it reboots when I hit 'enter' for 'Install Ubuntu Server' option. My friend wants to try setting up a server so; we downloaded Ubuntu Server ...
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What is the code of autorun.inf?

I have just installed Ubuntu LTS (lucid lynx) 10.04.3 into my USB stick. But when I insert it to a computer in a computer shop, a program named autorun remover automatically removed the file ...
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Ubuntu install fails reporting insufficient space on Asus Eee PC?

I have been running ubuntu on a virtual machine for a while now I'm trying to install it on an old Asus eeepc 1000he which has no Cd/dvd reader/writer. I started by downloading Ubuntu 10.04 livedisc ...
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usb0 ethernet on 10.04.3 Server

I am installing Ubuntu 10.04.3 on IBM System x3400 M3 which is listed as certified for Ubuntu 10.04. I was unable to configure Broadcom netxtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 during that point. ...
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Wireless USB adapter on 10.04

UPDATE 2: I'm trying to follow the guide posted by Matt: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc But I don't know where to enter the following: CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m ...
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Cannot boot from USB disk with “not a COM32R image” error

After installing 11.10 on my Dell Studo 15 (Model 1557) laptop, it started to overheat. Recently it even shutdown twice saying that critical temperature has reached even when I was just idling (not ...
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hp4500 officejet not detected by Simple Scan, cannot access modem config. page or connect to wireless

I upgraded to 10.04 from 8.04 in September. When I try to use Simple Scan it says "No scanners detected". sane-find-scanner detects my printer/scanner. UPDATE: lsusb now detects my scanner after I ...
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Do all Android phones tether?

Can I pick up any android phone and connect it to my ubuntu laptop via a usb cable and tether to the internet using the data allowance on my phone contract? I already know that my contract allows ...
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How can I use a Huawei E1750c USB modem?

'BIG' UPDATE I reinstalled the package (as I and binW pointed out) and now it recognises the modem as a modem. I configured the network, but I can't connect (acording to the 'lights' the modem shows I ...
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Anyone Can Name a WiMax USB Dongle that works with 10.04?

I need to find a WiMax USB dongle that works on Ubuntu (driver support). I google for it but could not come up with any up to date information. I wonder if anyone can tell from experience that ...
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How to troubleshoot and tweek unreasonably slow wireless connection?

I've just acquired a USB F5D8053ed Belkin adapter and it is unreasonably slow. Details of how I installed the firmware and device driver are described in this AU Question. I believe there is either ...
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Ubuntu USB boot failure [closed]

When trying to boot from a boot USB drive I got the message, "Vesamenu.c32:Not a com32r image." I was trying to boot a fairly new Toshiba laptop with a Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS created USB boot. I ...
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Boot time over 20 minutes on a virtual server

I have a virtual server hosted by professionals with Ubuntu 10.04 installed. It is a standard server installation with LAMP package and no custom modifications. After recent updates via aptitude boot ...
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How to ignore assigning /dev/cdrom to specific device?

I have a HDSPA USB stick from Vodafone for mobile broadband, a HUAWEI model K3520 (in some places also designated E169 I think) which works just fine in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid" (amd64). This device is ...
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Unable to use TL-WN821N wireless adapter

I got a TP-LINK USB wireless module - TL-WN821N, using Ubuntu 10.04 (same problems were also seen in 10.10). From everything I've read online, the usb adapter should work just fine, since the Atheros ...
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How to tell if your USB ports support USB 3.0?

I'm a Ubuntu 10.04 user. What's the fastest way to tell if the two USB ports on my computer support USB 3.0? I'm not sure if they're 2.0 or 3.0, and I need to know. Thanks!
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How to share an USB device(scanner) over network (from Windows to Ubuntu)?

I have a special thing: I want to share my scanner over the network. The scanner is connected to a Windows 7 machine, but I want to use it from Ubuntu 10.04... I found some methods: USB over ...
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One of my 3 USB ports can automount my portable HDD, not the other 2

I need help. My portable hdd can be plugged into my new ASUS N43J laptop in WINDOWS 7 from any of the 3 USB ports. In Ubuntu, it only works with 1 port. using 10.04 64bit. Please advise. Edit: I ...
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USB devices are not working on server [closed]

I have installed Ubuntu server 10.04 and my server doesn't detect the external USB devices. Mouse, keyboard and usb harddisk.
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Recommendations for a Wireless-N USB dongle?

Please advise which wireless-N usb adapters should work seamlessly with Ubuntu 10.04. I have tried SMC and Linksys, but they all need to have drivers compiled for them.
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unable to access usb device [closed]

I'm reading my boot logs, at /var/log trying to understand why the boot process is taking so long. I found that the system can't access many usb devices, but can't understand why. Is there a way to ...
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How do you install a USB CD Rom drive?

I recently purchased a USB CD ROM drive, but I don't know how to get it to work with my computer which runs Ubuntu 10.04. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00303H908/ref=oss_product When I issue the ...
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How do I lock/unlock my screen using my iPhone and USB dock?

My iPhone is connected via USB to my Ubuntu desktop via a dock. How do I configure it so that when I dock my phone the screen is unlocked and when removing it it locks it?
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USB devices off when i power on my laptop [closed]

I have a big problem. Sometimes (not always), when I power on my laptop, my USB devices (mouse, keyboard and other) don't work. All devices work, indicators are on, but it doesn't work in Ubuntu. And ...
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External USB drive won't stop after shutdown

After shutdown I notice that both the USB hub and the external USB drive remain active (lights on): the next time I try to boot the system hang after grub and I have to do a hard reboot. After that ...
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Usbmon module missing?

I am trying to monitor the USB traffic in Ubuntu 10.0.4. According to many websites, the usbmon is already included in the kernel, but typing modprobe usbmon. It will return "Can't find module". Do I ...
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How do I configure WakeOnUSB properly?

How do I configure Wake-On-USB properly on a 10.04 or 10.10 Ubuntu (2.6.36 and higher if needed)? (Wake-on-USB is when the computer is asleep and for example a USB Keyboard event wakes up the ...
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How do I make a USB RS232 dongle show up in /dev/ttyUSB*?

I have a couple of FTDI based USB to Rs232 serial dongles. Sometimes when I plug them into my Ubuntu 10.04 laptop, they show up as /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1, which is what I want to have happen. ...
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How do I create a persistent USB 2.0 thumb drive install of Ubuntu in a Windows environment? [closed]

I would like to turn this 32GB USB 2.0 flash drive into a 32 GB partition with Ubuntu installed on it which I can boot and read/write persist as any normal hard drive install would be expected to do. ...
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Audio output device, fast switch?

Depending on the situation, I either my speakers or my headset for audio output. Given that my headset is an USB headset it behaves as its own audio device. Currently I switch between audio output ...
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USB Storage Device Automount

Under Ubuntu 10.04 one of the problems which appeared is that USB devices would no longer automatically mount when plugged in. Normally I would get a pop up message asking what application I wanted to ...
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How can I hard reset a USB device? [closed]

I have a USB device (a modem) that is really finicky. Sometimes it works fine, but other times it refuses to connect. The only solution I have found to fix it once it gets into a bad state is to ...