Questions tagged [laptop]

Questions about laptops in relationship to Ubuntu. Common subjects are trackpads, batteries and wireless cards.

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How to change resolution?

I recently created a bootable live usb to use ubuntu for a specific lesson in uni. I did it with Rufus, installed the following version "ubuntu-22.04.2-desktop-amd64" and once everything was ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 amd64 doesn't detect all my RAM

I have one ChannelA-DIMM0 Micron 4 GB RAM Stick on my notebook. The bios and Windows 10 correctly identifies my ram as being 4096 MB, however Ubuntu only detects 3.7 GB. What could possibly be the ...
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How to properly install NVIDIA RTX drivers in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

I have bought a gaming laptop with GPU RTX 3050 mobile. And since I want to use it for machine learning and deep learning stuff, I want to make sure that I've proper access to its graphics card. Till ...
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How to work on a laptop with only one monitor and having the laptop closed?

I want to close my laptop and still being able to use it with an external monitor. Tried several settings including disabling energy saving mode when closing the laptop. Any idea how to do this?
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Battery icon (and everything related to battery) missing, upower solutions not working

After a recent update (and more probable after trying a few battery Gnome extensions) I lost my battery icon in the tray and found that actually I have nothing related to my battery in settings, ...
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MSI Laptop brightness randomly changes after using function keys

I'm currently running Ubuntu (Gnome Desktop) on my MSI Modern 14 laptop, but I have this weird issue that my screen brightness keeps on changing randomly after using function keys to change it. I ...
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External HDD with Ubuntu boots in emergency mode

I recently installed Ubuntu on my 500GB external HDD with my Acer Aspire laptop from a live USB, the installation was successful (even installed grub on the external HDD) and I could boot from the ...
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Native laptop keyboard not recognised when asked for disk encryption upon reboot

Linux amateur here, I have a Microsoft Surface laptop 2, running Ubuntu 22.4 with the organic ubuntu disk encryption (LUKs I believe) disk encryption. When the device is rebooted, it asks to unlock ...
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Hibernate - seems to work but now the screen stays on?

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS 5.19.0-32-generic #33~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jan 30 17:03:34 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux For a long time I've been able to do sudo systemctl hibernate and ...
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kworker hogging the processor issue

I'm experiencing the "kworker hogging 100% of my CPU" issue. It cropped up a few months ago, and I did something, probably found right here, and fixed it. I wish I could remember what it ...
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Wrong battery percentage on ubuntu causes shutdowns when cable is unplugged

Ubuntu version 22.04 My battery indicator shows that my laptop battery charged only for 4% and it happens very often, I have dual boot with windows 11 and in my opinion it happens when I'm restarting ...
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I tried to enable conservation mode in Ubuntu [duplicate]

I've been trying to enable conservation mode in my laptop in Ubuntu my laptop is Dell G15 5520 ,any one know how and i need a GUI for that not a command for anyone don't know the conservation mode :...
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I can't login for administrator access [duplicate]

So whenever I try to use sudo commands on my Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop(I have a partition for Ubuntu) and I am asked to type password ,even though I type in correct password I get a notification ...
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Does audio work in Zenbook 14x UX5401ZAS? [duplicate]

Here it is in the hardware database: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=computers&vendor=ASUSTek+Computer&model=Zenbook+UX5401ZAS_UX5401ZAS Audio chip is reported as Realtek ALC294. Audio issues ...
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Ubuntu compatibility with Lenovo ThinkPad e15 gen 4 with ryzen 5625U [duplicate]

I am planning on buying a laptop for everyday use with Ubuntu. Since I live in India Lenovo does not ship with Ubuntu. Please check the specs and let me know if I will have driver problems with ...
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How to rename Apple mouse using Ubuntu?

System: Ubuntu Desktop 22.04LTS. Hardware: Asus UX305FA laptop. My mother-in-law had an old Apple AIO, recently replaced. She gave me her old Apple wireless mouse (model A1657). I've paired it with my ...
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How to achieve MacBook-level battery life when asleep?

How to achieve a battery life similar to MacBook's when in sleep mode? I'm using Dell XPS 9500 with Ubuntu 22.04, and whenever I put it into sleep mode, the battery drains to 0 overnight. With MacBook ...
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Thinkpad T480 Linux Battery performance

I recently bought a used Thinkpad T480. It has two batteries. New version of this laptop are supposed to have an 17-hour battery life. I don't expect Linux to necessarily match that, but even still I'...
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I can't boot from a hard drive on usb

My Samsung laptop came with a hard drive and I installed Ubuntu on it. Now I upgraded for a SSD that I also installed Ubuntu. I want to be able to boot from the hard drive through the USB so I can ...
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IdeaPad 5G-14Q8X05 ubuntu support

I am new here. I bought a lenovo IdeaPad 5G-14Q8X05 which has the qualcomm snapdragon 8cx gen 2 aka SC8180XP and as far as I know it is currently not supported by the linux kernel. While the ...
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Unable to disable suspend after closing laptop lid

I have two laptops running Ubuntu focal(20.04.5) and would like to keep the laptop running after closing the lid. I have successfully done the 'tweaks' setting outlined in https://help.ubuntu.com/...
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HP 840 G1 and dual graphic card [duplicate]

I would like to try to put Kubuntu 22.04 or 22.10 on my Elitebook 840 G1. The laptop has 2 video cards: -Integrated INTEL -AMD 8750M In Windows does the automatic switch between the cards happen, in ...
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Internal microphone not working on Dell precision 7530

Problem: Internal microphone does not work Question: How do I get the microphone to work? Setup: Model: Dell Precision 7530 OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Kernel verion: 5.17.0-1025-oem (recently switched from non-...
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Xubuntu Laptop Not Suspending Properly on Lid Close

I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop running Xubuntu 22.04, and the laptop does not suspend when the lid closes. Based on other research, here's what I've tried so far: Made sure the "Suspend"...
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Battery Drain overnight with Ubuntu 22.04

I'm using AMD Asus ROG Zephyrus G15, Ryzen 9 5900HS, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile, 32GB RAM. I'm working on my computer on Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows 11. After I finish my job, if I don't turn ...
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Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed le-connection-abort-by-local when trying to connect to my headphones

I am on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS I am trying to connect my laptop to my galaxy buds 2 pro, but to no avail I tried doing it on the terminal by typing sudo bluetoothctl devices trust F0:94:D4:0F:97:C4 #my ...
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How to make my laptop fan not running all the time on Low CPU Power

Hello I Just Installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on My Hp 15db0015dx and the Fans runs almost all the time and I have check the CPU and GPU Usage and it low and it still is running. When I was on zorin os 16 I ...
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Asus e203ma several keys on the keyboard do not work

I have an Asus e203ma laptop (4GB RAM, 32GB ssd). It was running Windows 10 from the factory, but it was taking up most of its capacity (only 500MB are free), so I decided to install Windows 10 LTSB ...
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xrandr: Cannot set resolution of laptop display

I have a laptop which has a max. resolution of 2880x1800. I want to set the resolution to something like 1920x1200. I tried xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode 1920x1200 but I get the error xrandr: ...
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Run Ubuntu on old windows laptop

I have an HP Pavilion G6 laptop, which I bought in 2012. I have been using it since then till the end of 2018 and didn't use it for 3 years afterwards. Till 2018, I was using Win 8, which was working ...
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My External mic cannot be reconized anymore after I Installed Irium Webcam

I tried to unstall to solve the problem but I didnt not work. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS I looked forward over the internet to reinstall the Audio Driver but I didnt found a clear answer. I'm pretty ...
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Chrome and Edge hardware acceleration on 22.04 with Intel Alder Lake

I'm running Ubuntu on a live USB to have a look at 22.04 features (not using Linux pretty much since 2012) on my new Asus Vivobook 15 X1502ZA (i5-1240p - 8 GB - 250 GB NVMe). Although I'd like to, I'm ...
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WiFi not working Ubuntu 18.04 (with upgraded Kernel 5.19) on Razer Blade 15 eraly 2022

I recently got a new Razer Blade 15 2022 (RZ09-0421PEF3-R3U1). Everything works perfectly on Windows 11, but a whole different story on Ubuntu 18.04. The most important issue is with the WiFi card, ...
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Battery charge not updating, always whatever it was at startup

After installing 22.10 on a new laptop, the battery charge (indicator) never changes. It is charging just fine though, but upower shows the wrong value. $ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/...
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How to switch to an external monitor when a laptop lid is closed?

There are a lot of similar questions. For example this one suggests a complicated solution with hotkeys. Everything worked fine on Ubuntu 22.04. When I closed a laptop lid, then the laptop screen is ...
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22.10: Laptop doesn't charge on suspend

When I close the lid on laptop or if I put the laptop in suspend it doesn't charge. It does charge if the laptop on or if it is turned off. I can tell it is truly not charging during suspend because ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 freezes

After some amount of time working on my laptop Ubuntu unexpectedly freezes. The screen is not responding, mouse not moving, then after couple of seconds the screen turns off and back on to the state ...
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Unable to suspend with lid action

I recently upgraded to ubuntu 22.10, before the upgrade everything was working fine but after upgrading, my laptop doesn't suspend as it should on lid close action HandleLidSwitch=suspend ...
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Gnome Shell shows black screen with moving cursor

I have Ubuntu 22.04 and was tuning Gnome with exstensions. At one point the screen just completely froze, I waited 5 min and decided to power off my laptop (by pressing the power button). Now ...
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How to stop phone charging from battery when laptop is unplugged

Sometimes I plug my phone in to my laptop for USB tethering (bluetooth tethering works terribly for some reason so this is not an option), but annoyingly it charges from my laptop battery when the (...
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wifi Adapter not found Realtek RTL8852BE Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) in ubuntu 22.04 new HP G9 Free Dos Laptop

I am quite new in the Ubuntu world and while installing 22.04. on my new HP G9 Free Dos laptop I got similar issue as described in this thread: wifi Adapter not found realtek RTL8852BE WiFi 6 802.11ax ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Installation USB killed two M2 SSD drives

I am currently trying to buy a 2in1 laptop for my studies and want to install Ubuntu on it. I already bought two different laptop models. With the first one, the installation of Ubuntu failed and it ...
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Hibernation interrupt on Razer Blade 15" Advanced running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

I am trying to get hibernation to work on my installation of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which is installed on a Razer Blade Advanced (early 2022). I am currently using kernel version is 6.0.0. Previously I was ...
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Will installing Ubuntu over Windows 11 with BitLocker affect booting?

I want to wipe out Windows 11 on a laptop because it doesn't really give me the option to install alongside Windows without disabling bitlocker. I have not used Windows on this laptop and do not want ...
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Why is the brightness key so often not working on Laptops?

I am not asking about a specific laptop but in general I have seen this on so many laptops. And when you Google "brightness key not working on Linux laptop" you see hundreds of posts. What ...
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Laptops as a extended screen (not just mirror)

I have two laptops running Ubuntu 20.04LTS. I want to extend my screen using my second laptop. I am not talking about just mirror screen. Hardware info: both laptops have VGA and HDMI output one of ...
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Ubuntu Live USB not booting - only in UEFI mode

With this I am at my wit's end. I would really like to install Ubuntu in EFI mode. tl;dr Booting Ubuntu Live USB, EFI does not work. Booting in BIOS mode works. Even though Win10/Lubuntu do boot in ...
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Login screen not showing up after waking from suspend, desktop showing with no interaction (xubuntu)

[xfce version 4.16 on ubuntu 22.04] I have been having an issue with the login screen not showing up ever since I have installed xubuntu. After opening the laptop lid, the system wakes up from suspend ...
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Should I install Ubuntu in my laptop? Was confused with 2GHz duo core requirement when downloading iso [duplicate]

Specs: It's 7/8 years old laptop and perfectly works on Win10... cannot update to 11. Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz / 2.30 GHz(Base Speed) / 2cores 4GB RAM DDR3 1600Mhz x 2 512 GB SSD 2GB ...
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Does my 22.04.1 install use HD 6310 on Aspire 5250-BZ452?

I installed Ubuntu LTS 22.04.1 on the Aspire 5250-BZ452 I'm currently using. The laptop has a sticker which suggest it has separate graphics hardware, there's a grid with multiple hardware components ...
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