Questions tagged [laptop]
Questions about laptops in relationship to Ubuntu. Common subjects are trackpads, batteries and wireless cards.
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Built-in power settings vs. TLP
I've just switched from ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 and noticed the new version offers power management settings, to an extent.
I suppose one shouldn't run tlp alongside it, but choose one or the other?
And ...
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Headset is recognized but does not work Ubuntu 22.04
the indicator moves, but it is not responding to the audio, it is only at the beginning
Tried hdajackretask and changed models in alsa-base.conf but nothing worked.
my laptop is an acer nitro 5 an515
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Gestures not working in Firefox
I've installed the latest and greatest Ubuntu 22.04 but I don't like the following and was wondering if anybody might know how to fix them. No zoom in/out track-pad gestures in Firefox? Not so ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and elitebook 8440P hangs roughly within minute of login
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and elitebook 8440P hangs roughly within minute of login.
I have old elitebook 8440P(8gb memory and 120gb ssd). After installing any of the 22.04 LTS flavors (Ubuntu, MATE, Kubuntu) ...
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Keyboard doesn't work after closing lid. Running Ubuntu 20.04.4
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.4 on a Sony VAIO VGN-CS320J. Bear in mind, I am a complete newbie, and know very little about this, so pardon my incompetence.
The touchpad still works after re-opening the ...
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Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 won't charge the battery after I install Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Lenovo Ideapad Creator 5 won't charge the battery after I installed Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS before that it has Windows 10 which I had to replace with Linux.
Another issue is that it has is the charging ...
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Kubuntu: After login blue screen
I have a M6600 laptop that had a gpu chip replaced last year. In Dell's diagnostics a vga error was thrown that was gone after the repair and the laptop was doing fine.
Now when I boot the laptop the ...
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Cannot reboot the laptop using an external monitor. Boot stalls
I'm having issues rebooting my laptop using the external monitor and the laptop docked with the lid closed.
I tried out the live version of Ubuntu using the laptop with the lid closed and my monitor ...
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Ubuntu Laptop WiFi working poorly
My WiFi is constantly on two bars while in my room. I used to get full bars when I had windows installed, and I get full bars on my phone. The WiFi symbol never leaves 2 bars unless it's empty and ...
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Wifi Adapter not working Ubuntu 21.10 fresh install in Asus laptop
I am not all that new to Ubuntu (have been using it for 20 years now), but as all good friends, sometimes it still manages to surprise me.
After fresh install (Ubuntu 21.10 in an Asus ROG laptop) I ...
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Ubuntu LTS: Disable battery notification when plugged in
I'm running on a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. unfortunately, my battery is not new anymore and it struggles to keep the charge.
As a result, I keep getting notified that my battery is about to ...
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Laptop Freezes when in Sleep (I have to unplug the battery to get it to boot again)
I'm running an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401QE-K2168R.
RTX 3050, 16GB Ram, AMD Ryzen 5900HS
System info of Kubuntu:
Operating System: Kubuntu 20.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5....
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Slow down two finger scrolling
I just switched from windows to Ubuntu last night and I am enjoying everything so far. My biggest issue is that the two finger scrolling speed is super fast for some reason, and at the end of each ...
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Laptop (new) fails to start on half charged battery (hard shut off)
On a brand new Laptop, Ubuntu fails to start when on half charged battery. It otherwise works perfectly.
The symptoms are:
"bios" startup screen
grub menu shows for a few seconds
ubuntu ...
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Package version between two computers is different
I've just installed Ubuntu onto my laptop so I could program on the go, and I'm having an issue where a specific package is an older version on my laptop vs my desktop.
The package is liballegro5-dev
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How to enable hibernation for ALL power actions (button, idle, lid-close) on 21.10?
I'm installing Ubuntu 21.10 along side Windows 10 on an HP Probook G10 which is not supported. Since suspend isn't supported, and crashes when attempted, I went ahead and manually enabled hibernation ...
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Laptop Not Suspend when Lid Closed "every other time"
My ubuntu 20.04 laptop used to always suspend wen the lid was closed, UNTIL I plugged in a monitor for the first time. I realized this error AFTER I unplugged the monitor. I think that the monitor has ...
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How would you choose your next developer and data science laptop for Ubuntu
Is there some kind of compatibility map or community forum where you can predict compatibility effort you'll have to invest in installations and tinkering of settings, for contemporary laptop models ...
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lscpu command shows more CPUs than the model indicates [duplicate]
According to its listing page, my laptop was supposed to have an Intel Core i7-4800MQ, but lscpu indicates it has an i7-4610M CPU instead. Obviously, I was given the wrong product, but I am confused ...
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configure laptop to unsuspend when connected to external power
I have a frame.work ubuntu 21.10 laptop that I connect often to a usb-c hub that has a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
I currently pull my laptop out and plug in the usb-c hub but then open the laptop ...
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Mismatch in maximum ram supported by OEM(16GB) and dmidecode output(32GB). Which is right?
I want to upgrade my laptop ram to 32GB but manufacture manual says only 16GB is supported.
Laptop: HP 15-ay503tx
Motherboard: HP 81EC (Version: 61.30)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6200U (2.3 GHz, up to ...
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Enabling fingerprint login in Xubuntu
I have looked around and found that Ubuntu supports fingerprint reading, but I can't find any information for Xubuntu. I have tried to find the equivalent of Settings → Users → Authentication & ...
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Brightness changing even when auto brightness is disabled
I have a new (July 2021) Dell XPS Laptop running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
I have turned OFF Automatic Brightness and manually set the brightness that I want.
But after rebooting often the brightness resets ...
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Laptop touchpad and keyboard not working in wayland / gdm3
I recently upgraded to ubuntu 21.10 from 20.10 (it was a bit painful because of End Of Life) on my ASUS laptop.
After the upgrade, I realised that I could no longer use my keyboard and touchpad in the ...
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Black screen when resuming from suspend (Dell laptop, integrated graphics)
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on a Dell Latitude 3520 laptop, with an integrated Intel GPU. I have a second Dell monitor connected via HDMI. These are the steps to reproduce the problem:
At the end of ...
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Asus TUF laptop and Ubuntu 20.04/21.10 - Bluetooth not turning ON
I got a new ASUS TUF Gaming Laptop FX506LH and went ahead and installed Ubuntu along with Windows. Everything seems OK, but the bluetooth simply wont turn ON. I tried cold boot and also the modprobe ...
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4 Gb on a Dell Latitude e6530 Xubuntu 20.04 OK or better to have 12 or 16?
I don't code, game or do anything more resource intensive than watching videos online. Otherwise it's email, desktop publishing, Photoshop, Office, Telegram, Zoom (when I get it installed).
A friend ...
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Use pm-suspend instead of suspend on lid close
From testing on my Ubuntu 20.04 Thinkpad P51 laptop (Quadro M1200 running proprietary driver 510.39.01), systemctl suspend will only suspend for a few seconds then wake again, while sudo pm-suspend ...
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Gave up trying to recover, reinstalled - how to avoid previous problems? [closed]
Dell Latitude e6530, Xubuntu 20.04(.3?)
Thought I had recovered my password using Grub Recovery, but was unable to add a user: neither new nor either old passwords were again accepted. Login prompt ...
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Laptop keyboard stops working after apt update
I am fairly new to the world of Linux. This morning I installed Ubuntu 21.10 on my Fujitsu Lifebook U749. It's working good but I have the problem that the laptop keyboard stops working after running ...
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mouse quits working after suspend
I have a usb mouse and its quits working after my laptop wakes from suspend. I have to pull it out and re-plug it back in to get it to work again. Can someone help me fix this issue?
I am running ...
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Laptop shuts down at half full battery
My laptop suddenly shuts down at approximately 50% of the battery left. If I try to turn it on, it shuts down typically before Ubuntu is loaded.
However, if I plug it in for a few minutes and then ...
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System will not shut down or reboot on Asus notebook
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS 64-bit
Kernel: 5.13.0-27-generic
Gnome version: 3.36.8
Hardware: Asus Q406D 2-in-1 Notebook PC
I've encountered this problem only in the last few days. When I attempt to shut ...
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100% battery show as 71%
I have two potent batteries in my laptop
The power settings presents it like this
Battery 1: 100%, Battery 2: 100% Total Battery 71%.
How should I understand these percentages? I didn't crop just to ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 won't suspend when lid closed
I have a mid-2012 13" Unibody MacBook Pro running Ubuntu Linux 21.10. I typically use this computer to play Minecraft. When I sign in, there are no performance problems, but it refuses to lock ...
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sytstem won't wake up when opening lid
I have this problem. I can put my system to sleep, close the lid and it will have no problem waking up. But if I just close the lid it will not wake up after reopening the lid. The powerbutton lights ...
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Boot issues i get this screen while I boot [duplicate]
I get this screen while booting
I need to power of my pc to get rid of this screen sometimes even it won't work
I tried reinstalling the os it is not working
4 Ii tried upgrading it is not working
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Laptop shutting down unexpectedly after short while
I've installed Ubuntu Server on an old gaming laptop, but I'm having difficulties. After running for a while, the laptop will shutdown unexpectedly, like the power cord was pulled (with the noticeable ...
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Laptop won't shutdown or reboot
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on a HP 17-ak032nf laptop.
I got a really annoying problem, when I try to reboot or shutdown it, it will just leave a blank screen but I can still hear the fan, and sometimes ...
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How to use external bluetooth (TP-Link) in laptop rather than inbuilt one?
I have a TP-Link Bluetooth 5.0 USB that I want to use with my laptop rather than the inbuilt one. I'm using ubuntu 20.04.
I switched from windows to ubuntu and was using TP-link Bluetooth 5.0 rather ...
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practice php on ubuntu laptop
I only have a laptop with ubuntu 20.04 installed.
I am anxious to learn php but the book I have only explains how to install php and set up local server for Window and Mac users. I found a stack ...
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Asus Vivobook - Dot key and brightness Fn controls don't work after suspend
I have Ubuntu 21.10 working out of the box on an Asus Laptop (Vivobook Pro - Oled, Ryzen 5, RTX 3050), but I've noticed that "dot key" and brightness controls (Fn+F4-F5) don't work after ...
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Everything is so small in Ubuntu 20.04 running in Thinkpad e14. Is it a driver issue?
The texts, windows borders and everything else looks so small except the application icons, I've used Ubuntu before but it was on Desktop and everything looked just fine. I dual booted ubuntu today on ...
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Ubuntu for a laptop [duplicate]
Good morning.
What would be the most appropriate ubuntu version for an older laptop that has previously run Windows vista? I want to use it as an educational tool for my 12 year old son.
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How do I turn a laptop into a single-purpose word-processing appliance?
I wish to turn a laptop into a device that does nothing but word-processing, with the option to save/load files from a usb thumb drive. The only way out of this mode would be with a password. The ...
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Fan On The Left Side of Laptop Only Working Occassionally
The fan on my laptop only works occassionally (I estimate it's about 15% of the time).
The fan won't work most of the time then, occasionally (usually at least once a day) when I'm playing quite low ...
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ubuntu 20.04 brightness reset to max on startup
I execute the following command to bring down the brightness
xrandr --output eDP-1-1 --brightness 0.60
But the brightness jumps back to max level whenever I restart my laptop. How do I set the ...
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Certain key combinations are not working
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on HP Laptop.
I'm experiencing some issues with certain key combinations in my laptop keyboard.
Following key combinations are not working.
Right Shift Key + E
Ctrl + C
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How can I tell Ubuntu to only turn the screen off when I close my laptop lid?
This is closely related to this question: How can I tell Ubuntu to do nothing when I close my laptop lid?.
I would like to stop Ubuntu from suspending or sleeping when the laptop lid is closed, while ...
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mobile intel GM45 ubuntu support [duplicate]
I have a very old laptop with intel pentium t4400, 2 GB ddr2 ram, gma 4500mhd (mobile intel gm45), but currently there's no hard drive on this laptop. I wonder how if I install ubuntu on this machine (...