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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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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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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 ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 wifi problem
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop. After install the wifi card is working but when i try to connect to my secured wifi router it will show as connected but no internet ...
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Num Lock not working on HP ProBook 4740s
Pressing Num Lock not give any effect. I should press Num Lock + digit for entering numbers.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on Notebook HP ProBook 4740s.
Have any suggestion?
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Ubuntu on HP dv6 7390ef
I am planning to buy a HP DV6 7390ef. I would like to know if Ubuntu would run on it and if a dual boot Windows 8/Ubuntu is possible.
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Installing Ubuntu 12.10 on newer laptops
I have an HP Pavilion g4 that has a webcam and dual GPU (Intel and Radeon). For the life of me, I cannot get the installation to progress. I have tried ACPI workarounds, nomodeset, but still I cannot ...
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How to burn Ubuntu to disc for a pc that has no operating system?
How do you burn Ubuntu to a cd 700MB for a laptop that has no operating system?
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HP G6 laptop will not suspend when on battery
I have an HP G6 laptop with 12.10 installed. When running on Battery power it never suspends and the screen never dims. When the AC adapter is plugged in it will dim and eventually suspend just fine. ...
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problem with my wi fi driver it dose not work
thank you for reading this,your time your help
actually i spend more that 5 hr trying to fix this, I did not find any pro solution, that make the WIFI NIC function well.
I'm using an old lap top ...
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How to install hardware drivers for my laptop
Everytime I change the OS I usually format my laptop. It is an HP tx-2 Touchsmart. It has a touchscreen and additional hardware that isn't working (i.e. volume control buttons and the network ...
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Laptop drains of quickly with battery
I am a user since years in ubuntu and I have not come across this problem with ubuntu till date.
My battery drains off immediately after I unplug my AC power.
The options I tried:
1) checked the ...
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HP ProBook 6550b with 12.04 hangs intermittently [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
Was running Ubuntu 10.10 for a while on this laptop and it worked fine. Recently upgraded to 12.04 and, while things work fine ...
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My battery drains really fast and my laptop gets really hot, What do I do?
I just installed Ubuntu on my HP Pavilion dv6-6c50ca, and I noticed that every time that I start my laptop with Ubuntu the fan runs really fast and the laptop produces a lot of heat. When I run ...
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Ubuntu on HP Pavillion M6-1045dx. What to expect? [closed]
I just bought the HP bestbuy laptop and am planning to install Ubuntu on it. What are the things that Don't work in Ubuntu? Is there any known issues? Will I be able to get the fingerprint reader, ...
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Fan constantly running on HP Probook 4330s [closed]
I have a problem that looks similar to HP Probook 4530s fan constantly running, but then for another HP probook: The HP probook 4330s. I've installed ubuntu 12.04, and it works fine, only the fan ...
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Audio Distortion on 12.04
I have a HP laptop from 2011 and I installed 12.04 x64. Everything works but the audio. It works but it sounds awful compared to windows 7. My chip is IDT HD Audio. It is set to un-amplified.
How ...
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Gnome shell slow on a fast computer
The computer is an EliteBook 8540w:
ATI FirePro 5800 (using proprietary drivers)
i7 720qm
8Gb RAM
OCZ Agility III SSD
Ubuntu is freshly installed (a week ago). I have set swapiness to 10. When I'm ...
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Brightness Controls doesn't work in HP G62 (Ubuntu 12.04)
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I think everything is working except for the brightness controls of the laptop. Please answer.
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How do I get 1366x768 resolution on my HP Pavilion g6?
I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 via wubi, and have so far been unsuccessful in configuring the system to allow a 1366x768 screen resolution. The platform is an HP Pavilion g6-1d73us with Intel ...
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How to switch between GPU's on HP Pavilion DV7 Laptop?
I have two GPUs in my HP DV7 Laptol and I wonder how to switch GPU I'm using at the moment?
I have ATI Radeon HD 4200M and ATI Radeon HD 6600M running on my laptop and I want to change from HD 4200M ...
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Battery time decreased on an HP ProBook 4530s
I have HP ProBook 4530s. In Windows 7 after installing all HP drivers the 6-Cell battery works perfectly for 2+ hours but in Ubuntu 11.10 and now in 12.04 the battery time is not sufficient. It works ...
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How can I close the lid on my HP Pavilion g7 running Ubuntu 11.10 without crashing it?
If I close the lid on my computer while it's running, it goes into sleep (hibernation?) mode. When I open back it up, the screen wakes up for a moment, then goes black. The computer is unresponsive ...
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No brightness control, HP dv3500 laptop / GeForce GPU
I feel almost stupid asking a brightness question with all the similar ones out there, but I haven't yet found a working solution, so here goes:
System
HP dv3500 series laptop (dv3550eo - ...
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“panic occurred switching back to text console”
I installed Ubuntu on a HP Mini 210, and everything was fine. However, after using the laptop for a while I got the error:
panic occurred switching back to text console
What could be the reason ...
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Physical Wifi button broken, Ubuntu does not show the wifi, can it be bypassed?
I'm trying to give an old laptop (HP Pavilion tx 2000z) to my nephew before he leaves Canada to UK tomorrow(!), but the hardware wireless toggle button is broken. The button simply feels like it's ...
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How do I install a webcam driver for an hp g62? [closed]
I have ubuntu 10.10 (maverick meerkat) on my hp laptop (g-62). Please guide me on how to install the webcam driver.
Thanks.
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1answer
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Wifi does not start (after suspend or pressing the off switch); light blinks when connection is active [closed]
I have a hp compaq nx7300 and if i press the Wifi button it stops, but if i press it again it wont start.
It will start just if i suspend and after get out of suspension mode or if i restart the ...
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How can I force alsa to always “unmute” the Headphone Jack Sense?
I've got a HP nc8000 (my secondary laptop now), and it's got some quirks. One of the most annoying is that I have to remember to "unmute" the Headphone Jack Sense every time I boot.
P.S: Audio info:
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How do I make my HP G62 function keys work?
I've just installed Ubuntu 11.10 (but this problem also appears at 11.04), on my HP g62 laptop, and unfortunately none of the function keys work.
Volume, brightness etc, how can I made them work ...
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ACPI issue, help to fix broken DSDT on an HP Pavilion DV6-6008el
I'm having a hard time fixing the ACPI subsystem of an HP laptop (Pavilion DV6-6008el, Ubuntu Natty 64-bit).
I can boot only if acpi=off is specified as kernel parameter in grub, otherwise blank ...
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Wireless Internet Not enabling, HP G72 [closed]
Here's all the information I think you will need
BTW: I am using BackTrace, which I'm pretty sure is based on Ubuntu, if it isn't, my bad
I've been working on this for a few days now, and have ...
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Help to fix acpi on my HP Pavilion DV6-6008el
Update: further details related to the issue in this other question.
I'm able to boot my laptop only adding acpi=off as kernel parameter in grub configuration file. Without this parameter the system ...
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1answer
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Edge scrolling doesn't work on HP Mini 311 [closed]
Since upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04, the edge scrolling on the trackpad no longer works. The Touchpad tab exists under Mouse in System Settings.
Is there a known fix for this? If not, what can I do ...
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Strange Suspend/Resume Failure on HP G61
My HP G61 428CA has an unusual problem. Suspend/resume works fine as long as I don't suspend it for longer than 6 or 8 hours. If I do this, it won't wake up ... the keyboard lights flash reporting ...
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Is HP Pavillion DV6-3011SO supported by Ubuntu? [closed]
Is HP Pavillion DV6-3011SO supported by Ubuntu? I know that it has ATI Radeon HD5650 video card and ATI isn't so well supported than Nvidia.
