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Questions related to physical hardware, and how it interacts with Ubuntu.

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Why Ubuntu got freezes unexpectedly?

I have installed fresh Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS as a primary os. After running it, It got freezes several times and even the mouse crusor doesn't respond and sometimes it got reboot and sometimes I have to ...
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how to detect bluetooth device type?

I want to find out what bluetooth hardware is in my Ubuntu 20.04.1 Dell laptop. It is not reported by inxi, hardinfo, or settings. Specifically I'm curious if it uses Intel chipset. How can I get ...
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How to check what speed a USB device is trained to?

What command or where in Ubuntu can you check the speed that USB devices are trained? Not the capability of the USB device but the actual trained speed of the current link. For example we I plug in a ...
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poor reading performance of SSD drive

I have two SSD (nvme, pcie 4.0) and one SATA disk. One of the SSD seems to be very slow in reading operations - one is getting 2 GB/s and the other one 200 MB/s. I'm not sure what can be the cause or ...
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Recommended touch-compatible Wacom Device

I need to use a touch "mouse" on my desktop PC, which works with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Theoretically, a Wacom Tablet should be Linux compatible, but there are blog posts which indicate that ...
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After udgrade lost all drivers. low screen res, no network, no sound card

my PC runs on 21.10. It did its usual daily update, but today after booting I find that the login screen was low resolution and there was no network and once booted there was no network, low screen ...
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Need help with MPD

i'm running MPD (v0.21.20) on an Ubuntu box and using ncmpcpp client on the same machine. The machine has working sound as I am using it for other GUI applications. Here is an extract of mpd.conf that ...
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Check my Hardware status [duplicate]

Is there any software I can use to check the status and wear of my hardware? For example the status of my SSDs.
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WiFi sees some 5GHz AP's but not mine

I've got my router broadcasting two wifi networks - one on 2.4GHz and one on 5GHz. Using a wifi scanner on my phone, I can see that both networks are available: However when I scan for these ...
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Looking to change GPUs

I currently have a Radeon HD 7970 GPU installed and I am looking at buying a NVIDIA GTX770. I would like to know if the NVIDIA one is better, in particular to WINE gaming, and Blender rendering I ...
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100% CPU usage when nothing is open

I have a problem with my laptop, when I turn it on, it's cpu percentage will go up and the fan start to work very fast. I tried top command and find that there is a process with more than 70% cpu ...
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How can I understand the reason my computer freezes?

I would like to ask a question: Due to my job I often use many programs together and sometimes my computer freezes, sometimes I can really feel its pain. This often happens when I both use Skype (...
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CPU thermal Thermal Throttling issue

I yust installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my Surface Laptop 1 and I have Thermal Throttling issues. I tried everything from using the tee command: echo 65 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/...
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My system is turning off by itself, I want to find any possible logs

My Laptop (running Ubuntu 20.04.3 with Gnome DE) is turning off by itself, like, I'm playing a game then the screen gets black and then there's text basically indicating its shutting down (I don't ...
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Unable to boot after moving hard drive to another computer

I have an m.2 NVMe hard drive that was installed in one computer working perfectly with Ubuntu installed. I moved the drive to another computer and I am unable to boot with it. When I boot the ...
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What can I do to make edge-scrolling work in Kubuntu 18.04

I just recently installed Kubuntu 18.04 on my Dell Latitude E6520 and everything seems to be working just fine except for one thing. I am unable to use edge-scrolling on the touchpad and when I ...
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Disable keyboard and trackpad for 2-in-1 laptops when semi-folded?

I have a Lenovo C940 with Ubuntu 20.04 installed. When I fold my laptop over so that the keyboard is face down and the screen is angled slightly away from me, the keyboard and trackpad do not disable. ...
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Resolution problem ubuntu

When I open a new window, this weird gaps appear on my screen. When I drag and move the window then it turns to normal. This happens every time I open a new window and move the mouse cursor over it. ...
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Random restarts on Intel NUC with Ubuntu 20.04

My machine (Intel Nuc) with Ubuntu 20.04 restarts randomly at times; frequency is about once per day. dmesg | grep -i error shows [ 2.038129] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized. [ 2....
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I want to use Ubuntu, but I have some issues with hardware peripherals

I'm really interested in Ubuntu, but I've always run into a constant blockade that prevents me from moving forward; lack of driver support for the devices I use. Below is my current mouse and headset, ...
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How to use RGB keyboard on linux?

I've recently installed Ubuntu on my computer. When Ubuntu starts, my RGB keyboard light is off!! Can you help me get the light to work with Ubuntu?
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Does the touch bar work on a macbook installed with ubuntu?

Keen on trying out the M1 chip for coding. But I much rather use Ubuntu. I believe the new kernel version 5.13 provides support for Ubuntu on an M1 chip. But will the hardware work if I install Ubuntu?...
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How to configure mono instead of stereo sound?

Using a USB headset with a single speaker, shown here as Y-247A: nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 005: ID 2a7a:6a18 CASUE CASUE USB Keyboard Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:0040 ...
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Supported Hardware List

To start I should admit that I haven't done much work in Ubuntu in a few years. I am wondering is if there is still a single, canonical source of the hardware supported by the newest distribution of ...
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Supported hardware list 2021?

I'm having trouble finding an up to date (well, actually finding any working) supported hardware lists. It seems that "Linux Friendly", "Component Catalog", and "...
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The “.” it is written without me pressing it 😐

I don't know why it happens but the (.) is written in any application without me doing something I do not think it is my keyboard because in windows this did not happen to me and with an application ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.03: computer freezes randomly in rare circumstances

Five days ago I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my computer. As the title says, from time to time the computer would freeze completely, and I have no chance of giving any input to the machine since ...
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How to enable hardware acceleration for web browser

Is there any way I can enable hardware acceleration, for web browsers, in Ubuntu? It's annoying to watch YouTube videos and have my CPU doing all the work when my GPU does nothing. I know there is a ...
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SSD freezes every Monday at 00:00 local time

I have this SSD: $ lsscsi --verbose 9 [9:0:0:0] disk ATA Samsung SSD 860 4B6Q /dev/sdb dir: /sys/bus/scsi/devices/9:0:0:0 [/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.2/0000:02:06....
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Enabling builtin Validity fingerprint sensor

I have HP Elitebook 8470p with a Builtin validity fingerprint sensor. How can I enable this fingerprint sensor ? Remember: This is a built-in sensor, and not USB. My info: HP Elitebook 8470p ...
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Hardware Virtualisation problem in ubuntu while using virtualbox

So i am using Ubuntu 19.10 and recently installed virtualbox on my pc but there is a problem to use virtualbox. As you can see in the above screenshot, there are some invalid settings. (System ...
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Migrate Kubuntu 21.04 to a different hardware/PC

I wanna migrate my Kubuntu 21.04 x64 OS from my current HP laptop to my new one. It's currently in /dev/sda5 EXT4 partition on a dual-boot machine (w/ Windows 10 21H1 on /dev/sda3 NTFS) using GRUB ...
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I need to know how to set up an old computer to be a multiple instance Ubuntu Server

This may sound quite ignorant, I'm not by any means an expert on this subject, so forgive me if I ask something that's quite easy for you all. I've been searching for multiple instances I need for a ...
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Hardinfo Doesn't display anything in the storage section

I installed Hardinfo on my ubuntu 20.04 laptop. The "storage" section is blank. I noticed a related question that refers to "sensors" section being blank. This is the fix for &...
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Complete change of hardware

Will my current Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS work on a completely new system (new hardware) if i simply plug in my old HDD into the new system? As far as I know, the drivers are in the kernel which is what ...
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How to disable the internal speaker through blacklist?

I'm running the microsoft-teams-for-linux app and works fine for chat. For VoIP the mic works fine. Sound seems to be routed to the internal speaker rather than to the headset (I had the volume low ...
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How to disable the internal or builtin speaker using alsa?

How is the internal speaker below: nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog] ...
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PC is lagging when I run Android Studio on Ubuntu

Why is my PC is lagging on Ubuntu 16.04 as compared to Windows 10 on the same computer when I run Android Studio? Is it due to lack of RAM? System specs: CPU: Intel Core i3-5005U @ 2.00GHz RAM: 4GB ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Emergency mode on boot

My Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't boot into the OS, giving this image after Grub. I do not remember making any kernel updates or updating any disk partition recently. I've tried the following. I have a dual ...
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How can I control the usage of a printer on ubuntu desktop?

I live in the dormitory, and we need to print a lot. I have bought a home HP printer, and a laptop. I'd like to share the printer and the laptop with my roommates (about 500 people), and charge them ...
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Lenovo IdeaPad Linux compatibility

Does anybody know if the Lenovo IdeaPad V570-1066AJU Laptop is Ubuntu compatible? It has terrific specs (i5, 6GB, 750GB hd, HDMI and good-looking screen) for the 600$ price, but I want to make sure ...
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Ubuntu LTS or 21.04 for an AMD Ryzen 5?

I just bought a new laptop which has an AMD Ryzen 5 and I plan to give it Ubuntu. I'm more of a LTS guy, but I read on some blog that the new Linux kernel 5.11, which is boarded on Ubuntu 21.04, gives ...
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Almost impossible to set up fans

I'm not a techie but I've come a long way. Maybe someone can help me. Maybe there's just an app to change your fans that I haven't found. I've looked everywhere for help tools, tips or explanations ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Lenovo Ideapad Microphone not working

Internal Microphone is only recording static noise on Lenovo Ideapad and Ubuntu 20.04. I've tried deleting PulseAudio config, restarting PulseAudio, and reinstalling Alsa. sudo pavucontrol was no help ...
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How to write on openboard with veikk pentablet?

I was able to install openboard but I couldn't write with my stylus "veikk-pentablet". How can I make it work?
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Ram updated from 4gb to 8gb, it only shows 4gb of ram in my ubuntu & 8gb of ram in BIOS

Product- Notebook 15-g002ax (HP 15 notebook laptop) 64bit OS- Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Memory shows- 3.3 GiB amd processor, REV: 22CE-100 New ram: Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB, 8192 MB @ 800MHz (SODIMM DDR3) I ...
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Microsoft Pen Protocol support

I'm running Ubuntu 19.10 on a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 Black Edition (7391). The laptop comes with a really nice stylus, the Dell PN350M Active Pen, which unfortunately does not work under my ...
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ubuntu freeze do i need more ram?

I am currently running a dual boot setup for ubuntu 18.04 and windows 10. While building some code on ubuntu(along with several internet tabs opened), my computer will freeze and lag to the point i ...
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Is there a way to toggle the Thinkpad Privacy Guard in Ubuntu 20.04?

I have a Thinkpad T480s which comes with a Display obfuscation called privacy guard. I read that this is supported since kernel 5.4. I have Ubuntu 20.04 with 5.4.0-74-generic. But when I check it: $ ...
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Hard disk: Read-only file system and blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda (READ)

I performed dmesg --level=err to get the errors that my disk was reporting. I got a long(LONG) list of blk_update_request: I/O error. I'm new to Ubuntu or any Linux-based os ever, So can someone ...

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