Questions tagged [bios]

Questions about modifying the system's BIOS to make it fit Ubuntu's need, or questions about recovering Ubuntu after a BIOS modification. Note that questions about accessing the BIOS should not be asked.

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Disconnect lid switch Ubuntu

I have a problem with my laptop (lenovo legion slim 5, Ubuntu 22.04.4), when I close the lid it causes my system to shut down. And no settings in gnome tweaks, /etc/UPower/UPower.conf, /etc/systemd/...
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zenbook ux5304va has no sound from internal speakers on ubuntu 22.04

the lots of zenbooks has similar issue with no sound from internal speakers on all linux distros not just ubuntu due to lack of ACPI entries in the BIOS (we can only hope that Asus updates the BIOS ...
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Ubsan index out of bounds error and acpi errorwhen booting

My system was fine for a long time but then for some reason my files app disappeared so I restarted my computer and now it will not boot. I can go into the virtual terminals (I think that is what they ...
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ACPI BIOS Error messages when booting Ubuntu 20.04

After upgrading my ASUS Zenbook UX305UA (Intel i5-6200) from ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 (20.04.1 LTS to be specific) a couple of weeks ago, I am experiencing odd bugs. While odd green pixels like this were ...
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ACPI BIOS Error (Bug): UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY and problem loading x.509 certificate -65

I got the following error while I was working on my Ubuntu 22.04. How to resolve it?
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ACPI BIOS Error(bug): Failure creating named object [ \_SB.PCIO.GPPO.VGA], AE_ALREADY EXISTS(20210730/dswload2-326) in HP AMD ryzen 7 laptop

I have HP AMD Ryzen 7 laptop and recently installed a dual boot mode of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04. Most of the time I'm using Ubuntu. Nowadays I'm getting an ACPI Bios Error during GRUB booting and ...
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Update HP Bios on Ubuntu LTS

DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR [0x000000009d800000-0x000000009fffffff], contact BIOS vendor for fixes Ubuntu LTS is my main OS, i do not have dualboot. Im using ...
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Uefi event logs

I am unable to get the event logs in uefi mode tried in different ways like from BIOS settings of Intel NUC board and tried using the UEFI application but failed to collect UEFI event logs also tried ...
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BIOS doesn't have secure boot?

So I am one of many that have trouble connecting to wi-fi after installing Ubuntu to dual boot with my Windows 10. I have followed everything in this guide, Wi-Fi not working on Lenovo ThinkPad E570 (...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Reset System Bootloop

Hey I just installed my 22.04 Ubuntu and the installation was successful. Unforetunately I seem to be stuck in a "Reset System" boot loop which I can't seem to get out of. When I boot the OS ...
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SOLVED Ubuntu 22 from external replaced grub from internal ubuntu 22

On my PC i have Ubuntu 22, WIndows 11 and Kali(installed later) running I also installed Ubuntu 22 onto an external SSD using the same PC, but sice then the grub from my internal computer wont work ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 getting freezed after resuming from Suspended

I have a Dell Latitude 5500, it works perfectly fine with Windows. But on installing Ubuntu, it started freezing unexpectedly. A common pattern I observed is on resuming it from the Suspended state. I'...
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Error while lauching Ubuntu installed over Windows 10

Installed Ubuntu 22.04 and replaced it with Windows 10. While launching it, it shows some error, but after a few seconds it launches properly. Why am I getting this issue? [ 0.416305] tpn_crb ...
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Correct Way to update BIOS in dual boot machine

i would like to update my current BIOS version because my laptop is running rather hot in idle. I have a DELL Inspiron 5547, single HDD, with Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 8.1 installed (dual boot). I went ...
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New laptop won't boot after installing Ubuntu 14.04 on SSD

I removed the HDD from a Toshiba Computer I bought today and installed a 250GB SSD. After installing it, I immediately installed Ubuntu 14.04 on it from a USB drive. Everything went fine during ...
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Boot using UEFI - no way to change grapics mode used in GRUB

If i set my BIOS/UEFI to boot in legacy mode, grub shows up in standard 80x25 VGA text mode, which is fast and usable. If i set it to UEFI, it's hard coded to use a very slow driver for my laptop (...
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Disable the iGPU

My laptop is an Acer Aspire 7 A715-51g with the following specs: CPU: 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1260P × 16 iGPU(Intel Graphics) and dGPU(NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile]) How I ...
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First time installing Ubuntu, no GRUB

This is my first time attempting to install Ubuntu. I downloaded the iso and made a bootable thumb drive using a utility. In making the boot drive the utility gave a warning that it could not locate a ...
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Ubuntu 22 LTS crashes repeatedly on 2023 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14

I recently bought this laptop for work. I spend a lot of time coding and building the Android os. This workflow is a lot easier in Ubuntu, and I have successfully used Asus laptops in the past. This ...
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The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install. Trying to dual boot Kali-Ubuntu

I'm trying to configure a dual boot between Kali Linux and Ubuntu. I have already installed Kali in one partition with about 40G. The rest of the size will be asigned to install Ubuntu. This is how my ...
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HP Pavilion Ubuntu installation BIOS problem

I'm trying to install Ubuntu LTS on my new HP Pavilion laptop and getting these errors: Detailed explanation: I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my newly purchased HP Pavilion which came out of the box ...
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My question is about getting error mesage while starting my laptop on dual boot ( windows 10 and ubuntu 22.04.3)

i do have dual boot on my laptop Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04.3. I am getting this message on my laptop's display. Can you guys please explain me what wrong on my laptop and how to fix this?
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Unable to run Ubuntu on a MSI laptop without disabling ACPI

I own a MSI GP62 6QE-260XFR, which is a laptop featuring an i5-6300HQ CPU and a GTX 950M graphics card, sold without OS. I've installed Windows 10 on a partition. It works just fine. My problem is ...
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HP Notebook - OS boot manager (UEFI) failed load OS

Pls help HP Notebook (core i5,BIOS ver F.21) OS Ubuntu 18.04 (64bit) After successful installation unable boot normally. Showing 'No bootable device'. By selecting 'Boot from EFI file'--> grubx64....
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How to do a proper reboot, down to the BIOS, from the terminal?

Now that systemd took over the services management, the power controlling programs are a link to systemctl chezmoi# ls -l /sbin | grep systemctl lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 19 08:56 halt -> /...
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Failed to execute child process "/bin/sh" (input/output error)

I am using RedmiBook with ryzen 5 4500u, Ubuntu 22.10 (22.04 have same problem) Every time after waking up from suspend and working correctly for few seconds, it starting to throw an error from title, ...
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How to fix boot Ubuntu - SQUASHFS error: Unable to read inode 0x503

I have Windows 10 installed on an Asus and I want to switch to Ubuntu 22.04, so I tried to install Ubuntu. When I started the installation, I saw this error message. I tried everything, but at first ...
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Reboot and select proper boot device, Ubuntu not loading

I am using a really old laptop. I recently installed Ubuntu in a laptop which already has Windows 10. After installing Ubuntu, I was not able to load Windows even though it was present in the drive, ...
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How do I update the BIOS of a Dell laptop?

I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a vista laptop, but Dell is providing the BIOS update in .exe format currently my bios version is A09 but on the driver download site the latest version of bios is ...
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How to switch to discrete graphics with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

I'm having trouble switching to the discrete graphics on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS in order to try to solve ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol at boot. My system: Model: HP ProBook 4545s CPU: ...
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Unable To install Ubuntu on MSI Laptop

I have recently bought an MSI PE62 7RD laptop. The problem is that I'm not able to install Ubuntu on my laptop. The installation is freezing during the booting into USB. The culprit for this kind of ...
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Which option do I choose in the BIOS (MacBook Pro 2009)?

It's my first time installing Ubuntu, and I want to install it on a 2009 MacBook Pro. I used my Ubuntu 22.04 live USB thumb drive and got into the BIOS (or what I thought was the BIOS) and I chose the ...
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Booting issue: ×86/cpu: SGX disabled BIOS

When I boot up I get this message and can’t log on. [ 0.185085] ×86/cpu: SGX disabled BIOS. Gave up waiting for root file system device. Common problems: Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) Check ...
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ACPI Error : AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, Failure creating named object while trying to install Ubuntu on dual boot

ASUS Strix G16, SSD, NVIDIA 4060 GPU, 19 13980HX CPU, Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 22.04.3.
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Installing Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10, legacy BIOS non-UEFI

I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 10 (Legacy BIOS), but whenever I try and install, I get this: Is there a solution from here? Can I just press the option not to force UEFI, and carry on ...
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DMAR Firmware bug

OK, I have seen answers to this problem DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No Firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR, contact BIOS vendor for fixes But as a complete computer dummy I don't understand the ...
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Displayport to HDMI Converter Issue: Second Monitor No Signal after BIOS on AMD Ryzen 5 4600G Dual Monitor Setup

I have a dual monitor setup with an AMD Ryzen 5 4600G (Radeon Graphics) CPU. My motherboard has one DisplayPort and one HDMI port. I connected Monitor 1 to the HDMI port and Monitor 2 to the ...
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Bootable SD Card Doesn't Show Up in BIOS

I installed Lubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on my HDD drive and now want to install it on an SSD drive instead. My laptop is Samsung 300E4A (BIOS version 09QA). I used Startup Disk Creator to write lubuntu-22.04....
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Cannot find boot device

I have installed Ubuntu on my Acer aspire 7750, but when I try to run Ubuntu it says: cannot find boot device. I have checked if my SSD is giving any errors with the smart tools and it says it' s ok. ...
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Consequences of disabling fwupd

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a Dell XPS 15 9550. Ubuntu Software Updater updated the system BIOS to 01.13.1, and I immediately experienced a large slow-down in all software with a graphical ...
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Motherboard Temperature High After Install Linux

I switched from windows to linux but i have a problem, when I normal use Motherboard chip get high temperature up 60c° and cpu tmp is 53c°, gpu 48c°, but in past I use windows not have this problem. ...
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system bootOrder not found on Lenovo T540

Upgraded my Ubuntu (with dual boot Windows) to 18.04 . After restart I got "System BootOrder not found. Initializing defaults." . Changing the BIOS bootorder to Windows as 1st works, of course, but i ...
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How to set USB flash drive as first boot device in dell inspiron 15

i m trying to install ubuntu on Dell Inspiron 15 using USB flash drive using USSB installer. But in booting sequence there are only two boot options. Legacy boot and UEFI boot mode. Can anyone tell me ...
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Windows 10 won't boot after Ubuntu dual boot install. GRUB menu goes to black screen

I downloaded ubuntu on my computer that has windows 10 installed. However, after installing ubuntu I can not longer get back to windows. I can not get Grub to launch, holding shift does nothing and ...
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"initramfs" error on boot ONLY on Dell XPS 13 (boots fine on other computer)

Been struggling with this for a few days now. I am an absolutely green and non-technical Ubuntu user (I like it for it's lightweight/malware-free nature). I repaired a hinge in the laptop that ...
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Can't control screen brightness - ACPI Error - Lenovo Legion Y540

I've observed the same behavior on 4 different Linux distributions (mint, manjaro, debian, ubuntu), they show ACPI errors on boot (link of a picture: https://i.stack.imgur.com/RtxgL.jpg edit: this ...
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23.10 Error message every boot ACPI Bios error (bug): Failure creating named object

I also had this same problem when I was using linux mint some time ago. Switched to the newest version ubuntu I could get which was 23.10 at the time, and it keeps persisting. I am on a dual boot with ...
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Changing Languages on Login / BIOS Screen

I recently installed Lubuntu on one of my old PCs, and put in a password in English. The next time I opened my computer and was asked for my password only the Hebrew keyboard was available, leaving me ...
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HOWTO create UEFI/BIOS bootable ISO

I've noted that the Ubuntu ISO file is bootable on systems with BIOS and with UEFI. I've remastered Ubuntu from scratch and I'd like my ISO file to be bootable in both cases. My remastering of ...
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Can't enter the BIOS after installing Ubuntu

I can not enter the BIOS after installing Ubuntu and for sure I do know my BIOS key is F2 and F4 for recovery. My laptop says it when it is opening. When I try to enter the BIOS (F2 or F4, it doesn't ...

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