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 boot priority?
I have a laptop with Ubuntu installed as the only OS. I also have a USB stick with a Windows 7 installation on it. I want to install Windows from the USB stick on my laptop but when I try to restart ...
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Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows?
Last year I purchased a Dell Inspiron 5315 laptop shipping with Windows 7 preinstalled. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 alongside it with dual-booting. On upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10, I was upset to find I now ...
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How can I limit battery charging to 80% capacity?
I just learned that some Lenovo laptops include a utility that offers to limit battery charging capacity to within 0–80% in order to slow the attenuation of the battery lifespan:
How can I do this in ...
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Stop sound from speakers when connecting headphones
The problem is that I can hear the sound from my laptop's speakers even if I plugged in my headphones. Headphones is just standard stereo headphones. And the most interesting thing is that all was ...
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How to copy an Ubuntu install from one laptop to another
I am going to change my machine: from a laptop with Ubuntu to another laptop where I am going to install Ubuntu...
I am quite happy with the current system, what I am afraid of is having to rebuild ...
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What does the kernel boot parameter "set acpi_osi=Linux" do?
I am facing an issue with brightness control in my laptop which has Intel HD graphics and Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit. So when I searched for a fix I found that a common suggestion is to edit the GRUB file ...
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Unable to change brightness in a Lenovo laptop
Brightness adjustment keys <Fn + ⇑/⇓> have no effect (although they are recognized by the environment), and I can't change the brightness using GUI tools as well. This seems like a problem in ...
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How do I set default display brightness? [duplicate]
Is it possible to set the default display brightness so you don't have to re-adjust it everytime you reboot? My laptop display is killing my eyes at the login screen already because it starts at 100% ...
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Automatically adjust display brightness based on sunrise and sunset
There are similar questions and answers in Ask Ubuntu that point to these solutions:
f.lux® software to make your life better
Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your ...
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laptop fails to suspend or hibernate (wakes up after 2-5 seconds without user interaction)
This all started happening after upgrading to 13.10, now I am running 14.04 and still have the same issue.
When I close the lid or I do sudo pm-suspend the laptop goes into suspend for 2-5 seconds ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 and Nvidia GeForce (840M) compatability on 64-bit laptop
My laptop diagnostic shows several pre-fails and has other issues so I am urgently shopping for a new laptop, my second using Ubuntu. I need a laptop with good graphics capabilities and have come ...
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Suspend/hibernate doesn't work on an Asus laptop
I'm having issues suspending Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on my new Asus U30SD-XA1 laptop. It's a new laptop on the market. Is this a known issue and is there a fix for it?
Basically, whenever I ...
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With Ubuntu 16.04 laptop doesn't suspend when lid is closed
I have a Dell 7737 laptop, and with Ubuntu 16.04 it no longer suspends when the laptop lid is closed. With 14.04 closing the lid put the laptop to suspend as expected. However, I reloaded the system ...
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Display brightness cannot be adjusted 18.04
I have recently installed Ubuntu mate 18.04 on my XPS 15 9560. I cannot adjust the display brightness through any means. I have tried the following:
Set the acpi_backlight=vendor in boot parameters
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Switchable laptop graphics issues on Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Lenovo Z570 laptop with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics, and a switch to enable the dedicated GT630M graphics card. I've been having issues in general with my graphics ...
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Black screen when i try to install ubuntu 18 via usb
I'm trying to install ubuntu for some time now,whatever i do(without or with installing) i get black screen . Tried every single option(disable fast boot,disable secure boot,nomodeset etc) but still ...
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook? [duplicate]
Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook? If so, what are the minimum system requirements? Will Ubuntu preform as well on the Chromebook as on a Windows laptop?
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Set initial startup background brightness depending on daytime
I run Ubuntu 16.04 on an Acer Aspire E5-773G notebook. Unfortunately, I can not use my brightness function keys on the login screen, so the first moment when I am able to change my screen backlight ...
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CPU overheating on Ubuntu 16.04 (MSI GE40)
For the past 2 years I've been trying to definitively switch my laptop from Windows to Linux, but it's been a constant struggle. I have a MSI GE40 with Intel i7 4800MQ CPU.
I just installed (2017-03-...
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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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Hard time installing Ubuntu 20.04 as Dual Boot on Asus ROG STRIX G17
So, installing Ubuntu in the Asus ROG Strix G17 has proven a challenge. I have found this
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6M6RTkpLWU with multiple tips, but it is not complete.
My current "...
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How can I tell if my laptop has Bluetooth?
How can I tell if my laptop has a Bluetooth adapter?
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Ubuntu Server 13.10 now goes to sleep when closing laptop lid
I recently upgraded to the latest version (13.10). I have it running on an old laptop. Since the upgrade, whenever I close the laptop lid, it goes to sleep mode.
Any idea on how to fix?
I've ...
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Laptop headphone jack produces no sound
The headphones are detected, because when they are plugged in, they appear in the sound settings.
The problem is that they just don't output any sound.
Laptop speakers output sound just fine.
I'm ...
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Set battery thresholds on Ubuntu (ASUS)
I've recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu, and I was kind of frustrated when I found out that there was no way to set battery thresholds on Linux. On Windows, I can choose to limit charge to 60% (...
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Internal SD card reader not detected HP realtek RTS5227
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my HP Envy m7-j020dx. The only problem I am currently having is that the internal SD card reader does not seem to be detected at all. I have tried to find a ...
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Brightness function keys not working [duplicate]
I have an ASUS X55A-SPD0204O laptop. The rest of the FN+Fx (where x = number) like sound + - mute, screen turn off, wireless etc. work perfectly.
The problem is with the 2 brightness keys. They just ...
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Laptop keyboard stopped working
Ubuntu 14.04
I started my pc and suddenly my keyboard isn't working anymore.
Is there a possibility to debug or something?
The mouse and some of the keys still work, like changing the brightness of ...
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`indicator-cpufreq` doesn't seem to work on 14.10
I have a Dell XPS 12 and just installed Ubuntu 14.10 (by completely wiping out the old 14.04 installation).
The indicator menu has 2 options, Performance and Powersave, from which I choose ...
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Ubuntu 15.04, pm-utils do not look into /etc/pm/power.d/ anymore, what instead?
Since upgrade from 14.10 to 15.04 my custom script which I used to setup proper thermal profile mode for my laptop ceased to work, which I believe is because pm-utils do not respond to AC/BAT ...
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How to make hibernate/sleep work on laptops where default setup isn't working?
I have an Asus r1f laptop. For some reason, hibernate/sleep isn't working properly at all. Are there any other packages I can use or tweaks I can implement to get this working?
I've googled around ...
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How to Enable Brightness Buttons when acpi_osi of Grub not enough in 16.04 of Zenbook?
Situation: to use F5 and F6 for decrease and increase of brightness, respectively, in Asus Zenbook UX303UA, when I can change brightness in System Preferences, and acpi_osi= is not sufficient in ...
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The battery indicator in Unity panel not showing up
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Wubi. Well after being completely dazzled with the amount of free content in the Software Centre, I decided to go deeper and start messing with settings. Well after ...
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Suspend on lid close, even with the option OFF
I've set up a friends laptop with Ubuntu 12.04LTS with the Cinnamon desktop, and I'm having a few issues with the power settings.
As far as I can tell I've got every setting to "Do Nothing" when the ...
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Forcing grub menu to external monitor connected to laptop via HDMI/VGA
Is there any way to force grub menu to show it's content in external monitor (for selecting the os to boot on win or ubuntu), I use my laptop more like a desktop with a monitor connected to it because ...
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How can I change audio output to HDMI from command line?
Backstory
This thread suggests pacmd list-sinks and switching to a different sink with pacmd set-default-sink "SINKNAME", but my laptop only appears to have 1 sink, so that didn't help me.
This ...
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How can I get my webcam to work with Ubuntu 14.04?
I have an HP Elitebook 850 G1, and installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 14.04, however Ubuntu is not detecting the built-in Webcam. Is there any ways to fix this, and why this is happening?
output of the ...
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Settings for multiple monitors are not stored
I am running Ubuntu 12.04. on a Lenovo Thinkpad T400. I connected an external monitor as a second display. The laptop stands under the external screen. The laptop has a native resolution of 1440x900 (...
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Ubuntu 17.10 laptop doesn't suspend on lid close
Thinkpad T450 running Ubuntu 17.10 which was clean-installed (not upgraded) some weeks back. I frequently moved from room to room and like the laptop to go to sleep when I close the lid. It seems to ...
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Laptop immediately suspends when going onto battery power
I've got an MSI Wind, model U100 that's been running Ubuntu without trouble for a long while. After upgrading to 10.04 a few months ago, I've had this strange problem. As soon as I unplug the laptop ...
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Screen resolution repositioning? (Broken laptop screen)
I have a laptop with the top left corner's screen being broken - I can't see anything there. However it's just a small corner, so I'd like to know if there's something I can do to make Ubuntu not use ...
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Why are there multiple (6) swap partitions after Ubuntu clean install?
After several multiple clean re-installations of Ubuntu 11.10 x86 from the original 11.04 on my Lenovo S12 (Intel Atom) laptop, I find I have six swap partitions. The original 11.04 had only one.
I ...
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Touchpad of Lenovo Ideapad S145-15IIL not detected in 18.04 and 19.10, Ubuntu and Kubuntu
I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad s145-15IIL, which works with Windows 10 with no problems.
I installed Ubuntu, but the pointer of the mouse was stacked in the center of the screen. I can't move it with the ...
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Ubuntu Won't Boot After Install on Samsung NP915S3G: error "All boot options are tried." [duplicate]
So yesterday I went ahead and bought the Samsung NP915S3G (ATIV Book 9 Lite) and installed Tahr in hope that everything would go smoothly. For the most part it; everything necessary seems to work off ...
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Thinkpad middle button scrolling
I'm running Ubuntu on my Thinkpad T60. Is there a way to get the middle button to act like a scroll like it would when it runs Windows?
I'd like to be able to hold the middle button down and scroll ...
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How do I configure the screen to lock when I close the lid?
I've configured Ubuntu to put the screen in black when I close the lid of the laptop, but I want that, when I open it again, it demand the password like blocking the screen with Ctrl+Alt+L, but I can'...
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Laptop battery life drastically decreased compared to Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows?
I am running Ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Studio XPS 1640 and have about one hour of battery life in it, ...
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How to prevent resume from sleep/suspend on lid open?
I've got pretty much the same problem as this old 2006 thread on the Ubuntu forums: my old laptop's lid is a bit shaky, which causes the computer to wakeup/suspend if I just touch it the wrong way (e....
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Increment Brightness by value using xrandr [duplicate]
So I have an Alienware 13 R3 with the OLED display, and for the first time I was able to change the brightness using the xrandr command. The problem was the absence of backlight in OLED displays, so I ...
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How to permanently set screen brightness level in Ubuntu 12.04 on Dell Vostro 2420 laptop?
On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a Dell Vostro 2420 laptop, each time I start Ubuntu, the screen brightness is set to the maximum level, which gives a high glare. (I have recently installed Ubuntu on the laptop,...