Questions about laptops in relationship to Ubuntu. Common subjects are trackpads, batteries and wireless cards.
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How do I get my laptop not to lock up every time I close the lid in Ubuntu 13.04
Every time I close my laptop lid, Ubuntu 13.04 will lock up. I have it set in the Power settings to do nothing for when I close the lid on both battery power and when plugged in, yet when I do close ...
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Auto Boot after Power Failure - Laptop
I'm using a laptop with lubunut on it for a project I'm working on in a remote location. I chose a laptop because of the batter already attached and the frequent power outages. Most power outages are ...
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Does it make sense to create swap partitions for new installations nowadways?
For a desktop installation in a new and shiny laptop (let's say 16gb ram and ssd hd), does it make sense to have a swap partition?
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LAN not working while laptop on battery
My wired LAN is not working when my laptop is on battery - anyone out there who knows where to look for a solution?
Strange thing is, that the LAN port is not entirely switched off, as there's light ...
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Laptop Nvidia Bumblebee clarification
So this is partly clarification (to help future users) and partly questions to make sure I understand what's going on.
Recently attempted to make the switch from MacOSX to Ubuntu as I can't afford ...
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What do I do if the ubuntu 13.04 doesnt install on my windows 8 pc? [duplicate]
i would start the install and then it would tell me that it failed and it isn't giving me a search code either
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clearwire connection issue
im trying to use a clearwire mobile usb stick here on a laptop i recently installed ubuntu onto i have the modem stick and the software stick however the files in the software only read for windows ...
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Why does Ubuntu think that my iMac is a laptop?
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my late-2010 iMac. I am dual-booting OS X 10.8.3 and Ubuntu. For some reason, Ubuntu thinks that my system is a laptop. Under the "Displays" settings, it only says ...
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Which is the best desktop environment for touchscreen laptops? [closed]
I bought a Asus Vivobook recently and I am planning to install ubuntu. In forums, many people have said that ubuntu works reasonably in this laptop.
I wanted to know which desktop environment is ...
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glitchy screen on laptop close
when ever I close the lid on my laptop, no matter if its in suspend or do nothing mode, it starts to glitch. when it glitches it goes black and comes back on when the mouse is moved around, but it ...
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Ubuntu fails to boot up with external monitor
I have a Dell Laptop which is able to dock to a docking station. I have also an external monitor that I have connected to the docking station via HDMI interface. I have recently installed Ununtu 12.04 ...
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I have no sound on my headphones, but i have sound on my speakers using Ubuntu 13.04
I have an Hp pavilion dv6 laptop and my headphones are not working properly.
When i plug them in, there is no sound coming through them. But if i unplug them, the sound comes normally through the ...
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SMM BIOS module for ASUS Laptop
Is there any module exist in Linux Kernel 3.0 or above for accessing SMM BIOS of ASUS Laptops ?? Like i8k module is used for accessing SMM BIOS on Dell laptops.
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Backlight can't be adjusted 13.04
In Ubuntu 12.04 i was able to change the brightness of my laptop screen by using the FN + Rightarrow
all i had to do for that was include
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash ...
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Boot sometimes hang in single OS Ubuntu 13.04
When I turn on the laptop, until a desktop interface appeared yet, it sometimes hang (freeze) or system not respond to start-up. Recently, I boot my laptop, but the screen won't turn on. However, my ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Toshiba touchpad not working
I have a Toshiba Satellite T130-10G laptop and I can't get my touchpad to work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (I have tried also 12.10 and did not work either).
In the same laptop I have Windows 7 installed and ...
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Laptop cooler doesn't start when laptop gets hot
I have a problem with my laptop's cooler.It doesn't start how it's starting on windows when it's get hot. Searched on the internet but couldn't find anything relevant.
My laptop : Toshiba Satellite ...
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To control battery at a certain capacity (for ex.20%) then the laptop will be automatically standby or hibernate for long-lasting the battery
I would like to control for setting my battery at a certain capacity (for ex.20%) then the laptop will be automatically standby or hibernate for long-lasting the battery.
Is there any solution, ...
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apt-get won't work
I installed the latest updates from update manger and apt-get won't work. I think it has something to do with bumblebee/primusrun due to this error output:
installArchives() failed: Setting up ...
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Strange behaviour when close the lid of my MBA
I have an MBA and I'm used to close the lid without any problem in OSX.
I've installed ubuntu 13.04 in dual boot with rEFit.
The problem is that sometimes something strange happens when I close the ...
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Ubuntu LTS for me:a fledgling programmer [closed]
I am relatively new to programming. I am from India. I want to buy a laptop/ultrabook under Rs 50,000 and will keep 2 OS in it; Ubuntu LTS and Windows8. Please guide me as to which laptop/ultrabook ...
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Something strange is going on with the search
When I click the Search icon it creates a blue screen which covers the whole screen except for the button bar. It goes back to normal when I click the button again.
What can I do to get it back?
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One O/S, 2 Machines
quick question, Is it possible to share my Installation on my SSD between my main PC, and my laptop for when i go away, that way everything I need is still there, and dont have to worry about syncing ...
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Is it possible to run dual screens on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with ASUS N55SL and Nvidia GeForce 635M
I have been trying for a week or so now, using various different suggestions in forums but have had no luck. Am I just doomed to have no dual screen support in Ubuntu 12.04?
(I don't know if this ...
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BUG: The problem with the laptop lid closed when the monitor is connected(1 sec freezes in video) [closed]
The problem with the laptop lid closed when the monitor is connected. When i close laptop lid, secondary monitor(CRT) is turn off, but if i move mouse monitor is on(laptop monitor and secondary in ...
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Ubuntu not is hibernating when lid is closed
I use Ubuntu 12.04 in my laptop. I'm trying to configure to hibernate when lid is closed. However, not is working.
I did the following steps to solve the problem:
I enable in ...
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Toshiba R840 Suspend Hangs the Laptop
Fresh install on Toshiba R840. No other software installed. I put the laptop to suspend or the laptops goes to suspend mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. Coming back from suspend, Ubuntu tries to ...
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How to make a recovery partition on a ubuntu laptop? [duplicate]
I have been wondering, how to make a recovery partition, such as System76 does with its Ubuntu laptops:
There isn’t an included recovery disc you can run off of in case your
system gets messed ...
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suspend not working using ubuntu 13.04 on Acer Aspire one
I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Acer Aspire One D250. When closing the laptop lid to enter suspend mode the screen turns off, but the hard drive remains active. Once open again the screen ...
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Problems on boot
Good morning! I have a little problem with my Ubuntu 13.04. Actually, I have this problem with any other linux distributive (Fedora, Fuduntu, Mandriva, Ubuntu 11.04 => 13.04, Linux Mint 14 and oth.).
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Why does internet drop with Apple AirPoty Base station?
We have mac and windows machines on the same network and my ubuntu 12.04 HP envy 14 laptop is the only one that loses internet connection once or twice a day.
I still have a good connection to the ...
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Headphone jack doesn't work on my Asus laptop
I have dual boot systems on my Asus laptop. When i run Windows 7 my headphone jack is working, but when i run Ubuntu 13.04 and reboot it to Windows 7 headphone stops produced any sound to my ...
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How to reenable networking (wireless still not working)?
I installed Kubuntu 12.04 few days ago on my new ASUS laptop. Right after the installation wired connection was not detected, but wireless worked just fine. So, I was able to get the latest updates, ...
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Unable to change the brightness on my Dell XPS 15 (L502X)
I am using ubuntu 13.04 and I am unable to change the brightness on my laptop and need a bit a help.
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ubuntu 13.04 brightness problem on laptop
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 and the proprietary AMD catalyst driver 13.4.
After installing the driver, the brightness of the screen has turned to the lowest and can not be changed. No matter how I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 mouse and trackpad unresponsive
I have finally fixed my installation problem but now the trackpad and the mouse is unresponsive. On Try Ubuntu they work just fine. How do I fix this?
My laptop is the HP Pavilion G6 2269wm I am ...
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Installed 13.04 clean on a machine that used to run 12.10. No longer boots
64-bit.
I was doing fine with 12.10 but I read that 13.04 took care of a few of the more sluggish aspects of 12.10 so I decided to upgrade.
The installation package seemed significantly less smooth ...
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How does 13.04 stack up to 12.04 in terms of battery life?
I've been having some issues with battery life, perhaps due in part to the age of the battery, but I'd like to squeeze out every last minute I can. I've heard that 13.04 is developed with mobile ...
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Fn + button shortcuts stopped working when updated to Ubuntu 13.04
I'm running Ubuntu on Asus KS53K, and after updating to Ubuntu 13.04 Fn + keys from F9 to F12 and Fn + numpad enter give no response. These worked properly on 12.10. Has anyone else experienced the ...
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Is there a mouse that works with Ubuntu 12.04? [closed]
My question is very simple. Is there a mouse that works with ubuntu 12.04?
Specification 64 bit, Os version 12.04, Dell Laptop M5030. Thank You
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Ubuntu won't shutdown using integrated GPU (Vaio VPCSB)
I have a Sony Vaio VPCSB1D7E (W7 + Ubuntu 12.04). It has hybrid graphics (AMD+Intel). I installed both the AMD Catalyst drivers and the Intel ones. So far, using both graphic cards works fine, but I ...
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How to make the brightness keys work on an HP Folio 13?
In my HP Folio 13 laptop with Ubuntu 13.04 the brightness control works with the slider in the system Brightness & Lock settings, but the brightness function keys don't. Also, the brightness level ...
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webcam installation on HP Probook
I am using HP Probook 4520s . My laptop have webcam (Camera Inside) , but I can not reach it and use webcam anyway. How can I install or reinstall webcam?
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How to Dual Boot Ubuntu In Samsung RF511 while keeping the samsung recovery solutions alive?
See i have a samsung rf511 and i really want to dual boot it with my existing windows 7 (factory default) and Ubuntu 12.04 and i want to have samsung recovery solution working
pls if any one from ...
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Samsung rv515 trackpad issues [duplicate]
I'm currently on a Samsung RV515 laptop running Windows 7. I'm relatively new to the world of Linux in general, so I started with the Wubi installer to keep things simple. It worked great, however ...
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Trouble with CUDA 5.0 on a laptop
I am currently trying to run a program called MC-GPU V1.3 ( https://code.google.com/p/mcgpu/ ), on my laptop.
First off, let me explain my situation.
Using a Lenovo y400 Laptop with Nvidia 650m
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How to install NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Can someone tell me the steps to install NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M?
My laptop is a SAMSUNG Series 7 NP700G7C-S01US. I have Ubuntu 12.10.
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Is it possible to have Windows 8 and Ubuntu on the same hard drive? [duplicate]
It's my understanding that you can't have two different filesystems (NTFS and ext4) on the same hard drive, but that's exactly what I need to do to run both operating systems on the laptop I've ...
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How to toggle Runtime-PM on shutdown/boot
I'm experiencing an issue with the Runtime PM option (via PowerTOP or laptop-mode) on Ubuntu 12.04. As far as I know, it's just a bug (although I think it affects Lenovo laptops more from what I've ...
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Hard Drives for Ubuntu [closed]
I've tried for 3 months to install ubuntu in my laptop which has a WD Scorpio Blue HD (1TB) well I don't want to continue this fight, just want to know which hard drive can I buy for installing ubuntu ...
