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CPU1 80-90% After Installing Ubunto on Microsoft Surface Book 2

I'm a new linux user. Searching for solutions I found this is a kworker problem, however I couldn't find a solution that I understood and could implement well or actually worked. I spent all morning ...
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Ubuntu won't start from USB surface pro 6

I have downloaded Ubuntu and used Rufus to load this ISO and create a bootable USB drive. Everytime I go to reboot my computer in USB mode--ubuntu will not run. It keeps defaulting to Windows 10. I ...
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installing ubuntu 18.04 on Microsoft surface pro 5

I have prepared the bootable USB disk with Rufus and Disabled the secure boot (Secure Boot Certificate keyset is selected None). However, when I restart the laptop a page name BitLocker (recovery key) ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.4 VM running on Surface Pro 7 through Oracle Virtual Box Type Cover Keyboard not working

I'm trying to run Ubuntu 18.04.4 as a VM through Oracle VirtualBox on my Surface Pro 7. Virtual Box installed fine and Ubuntu installs fine up to when you have to enter account info to finish setup. ...
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Ubuntu on Microsoft Surface Book 2, the battery percentage doesn't work

I have just installed Ubuntu on my laptop but I can't see the battery percentage. How could I see it?
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Updated to Ubuntu 19 and now wifi keeps disconnecting

I have a surface book 2 with Jakeday kernel which i have signed. I updated to Ubuntu 19 the other day and now the wifi disconnects, it still says the ssid but the icon is with a "?" instead of signal ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 18.04 on Microsoft Surface Pro 7

The installation USB launches, but stops with the following screen: "hw perf events fixed 4 > max(3), clipping!" I read somewhere, this is Linux's issue with the Intel Gen 10th. Ubuntu 19.10 and ...
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Grub screen remains at "Minimal BASH like line editing is supported" after installing Ubuntu on Surface Pro 4

I know there are a bunch of questions similar to mine, but I don't know what went wrong and how to fix it :( Now, some back story. I have managed once to install Ubuntu with my Surface Pro 4 on an ...
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Installing Ubuntu on Surface 3

Everything I've found web about the Microsoft Surface 3 and Ubuntu concern the Surface Pro 3 with a Core-I processor. Does anyone have anything to share about installing Ubuntu on the Surface 3 (not ...
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Surface Pro 18.04 dosn't suspend to memory

Somehow I can't manage so suspend my Surface. I tried this steps in monty47's answer to Ubuntu 18.04 - Dell XPS13 9370 no longer suspends on lid close: cat /sys/power/mem_sleep [s2idle] Any attempt ...
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Can't install Ubuntu on Surface Pro 4 after latest Windows updates

i'd been running ubuntu 19.10 (and 19.04) on my Surface Pro 4 since January. Recently I started having wifi problems (not finding my wlan adapter at all) so i thought i'd reinstall fresh 19.10. Now I'...
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Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04 very slow on surface

I have recently installed ubuntu on Surfacebook 2 (1793). The laptop comes with Geforce GTX 1060 Mobile, an intel uhd620, 16gb of rams and 512 gb ssd. After I install cuda and nvidia toolkits, the ...
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Keyboard and touch screen not working at all on MS Surface laptop

I've just downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 on a flash drive and have gone to install it alongside Windows but my keyboard is not responsive at all. Every time I try to type something in it doesn't work and my ...
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Dual boot MS Surface PRO issues

I'm trying to successfully get my Surface Pro to dual boot Ubuntu, alongside windows 8.1, using a 128gb SD card I came across a guide (Dual boot Surface Pro with Ubuntu?) and followed it, but there ...
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Installed Ubuntu on Surface Book. No inputs

I installed Ubuntu on my Surface Book this week, wiping Windows. During installation I noticed that the keyboard and mouse weren't working, so I used USB to install, deciding I'd fix the inputs later ...
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Jakeday Kernel invokes the grub menu at startup

I am Linux beginner using SP3 with Ubuntu 18.04 and I tried installing the Jakeday kernel and it shows the grub menu each time on startup. This also happened when I wasn running 19.04. I followed ...
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bashrc volume changes do not always work

I've just installed Ubuntu on my SP3 and I have no regrets. I just have a few problems that I'd like to fix. My problem is with the volume and I made the following changes to my bashrc file based on ...
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ubuntu losing time with no Inetrnet

Ubuntu 16.04, i5-Surface Pro-2. Hi, I have an older Surface Pro-2 that dual boots Ubuntu and win8.1. It runs 24/7 almost entirely Ubuntu and always on mains power. This thing never sees the Internet ...
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Unable to get my GTX1060 to work on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial - help!

I have a Surface Book 2 with: i7-8565U 16 GB RAM Intel UHD 620 Graphics Nvidia GTX1060 Graphics I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 for programming on ROS using Gazebo and RViz. I noticed that I was ...
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Ubuntu freezes on Surface Pro 5

I installed Ubuntu 18.10 on my new surface pro 2017. To not change anythings on the internal storage, I put Linux on the Samsung micro SD card of 128GB class 10 U3, and to prevent any data leak, I ...
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WiFi doesn't work after suspend on Ubuntu 18.10?

I have a Surface Book dual booted with Windows 10 and Ubuntu, and most of the times when I close my laptop and open it again, the WiFi won't connect. It will see the available networks, but it won't ...
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How to get rid of touchpad notification?

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on a Surface Pro 2, and nearly everything works out of the box. But: the single most annoying thing is a notification about something not working with the touchpad. It ...
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Surface Book Wubi Ubuntu 18.04 - Failed with grub boot loader configuration

I just used wubi to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my Surface Book that uses UEFI. During the installation, it said grub failed to installed. Then after I restart, I can no longer log back into Windows. I'm ...
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Broken Surface Book Ppro after following tutorials.ubuntu steps

I followed the steps, got to here, then went to boot to Linux on my USB attached, there was a drive on there saying 'Install Ubuntu' and I figured that's how I might get some kind of persistent file ...
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Surface Book 2 and Ubuntu

This question has probably been asked a lot regarding compatibility, which I have already discovered and understand. My question is more on the warranty of the device after I have put Ubuntu on it. I ...
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Unable to install ubuntu 18.04 Desktop on surface 3 - sd card

There was a problem trying to configure multiboot by installing Ubuntu 18.04 on the Surface 3(not pro) - sd card After installing Ubuntu on the sd card, booting will not proceed and will go to grub> ...
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ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_EXIST on Microsoft Surface Pro

I am new to Ubuntu and not very familiar with it. My Problem: I want to run Ubuntu 17.10 on my Surface Pro 2017. I have installed the linux-surface kernel from jakeday which works fine. The most ...
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Surface Pro 3 - unable to select OS to boot. Touchscreen not working in grub. No keyboard

Like the title says I'm not able to select what OS to boot from when I don't have my keyboard connected. The volume keys do not work as a selection device.
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Surface Pro 4 won't wake up on Ubuntu 18.04

I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my Surface Pro 4. I have a problem with the sleep mode. When my Surface Pro goes to sleep, I can't wake it up with the keyboard, mouse or power button. I need to use hard ...
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surface pro 3 with ubuntu enable advanced startup

So I have successfully installed Ubuntu 17.10 on my Surface Pro 3. Now I am trying to install Kali Linux instead (since it is a secondary laptop). The problem is that it won't boot from USB anymore ...
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How do I use a Microsoft Designer Mouse with Ubuntu 15.10

This mouse is a "low-power bluetooth" device. Supposedly this uses HOGP instead of HID. I have found responses that say you need bluez 5.x. Well Ubuntu 15.10 has bluez 5.35 but it doesn't work. When ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 on Surface Pro 3, WiFi turns itself off after a while. Any ideas?

I am training in the use of Ubuntu since I am becoming a developer. I haven't used Ubuntu in years tho. So I format Windows 10 out of my Surface Pro 3 and I install Ubuntu 17.10. Everything works fine ...
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WiFi Dropout On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS dual boot Windows Surface Book

I’ve been having issues where my WiFi connection initially works when I restart my computer and boot into my Ubuntu partition, but after a random amount of time anywhere from 1-10 minutes, my ...
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Grub2 not install on Surface 3 (non-pro)

I've been trying to install Ubuntu 16 0 4, and I've gotten as far as being asked to try or install, if I install, it will either error out when install grub, or when it asks to reboot, it will freeze ...
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Surface pro 2 Secure boot help

I've spent 3 days trying to get secure boot enabled with Microsoft keys. So I don't have to deal with the red boot screen and to be more secure. I have tried grub with shim and refind with shim. But ...
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How to get Ubuntu (running through VirtualBox) to detect my flash drive? [duplicate]

I am on a Surface Pro 3. I want do a full install of Ubuntu on my flash drive. I saw in a tutorial that it can be done by running Ubuntu from live cd mode. Since my Surface does not have a cd drive, ...
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How do you upgrade the kernel in the ISO file? [duplicate]

I downloaded the ISO for Ubuntu 16.04.3 but I want to have it use at least kernel 4.8 because I'm trying to install this on a Microsoft Surface 3 (non-pro), which the 4.8 kernel supposedly adds ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 crashes when suspended on Surface

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on Surface Pro 4. Now, when I try to suspend it or put the keyboard on the screen so that I suspend the session, Ubuntu crashes or something happens, but it doesn't work. ...
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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 camera not working with Ubuntu 14.04 [closed]

I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed on Surface Pro 3. The integrated cameras/webcams are not working. Applications that need access to the cameras cannot detect them and throw errors that no supported ...
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How to single boot on surface pro 3 delete windows and format the ssd

All instructions online show how to dual boot. I want to clean my ssd completely and single boot Ubuntu. Booting from a usb stick is easy enough. I have done it several times. In fact the experience ...
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surface 3 and 14.04

i am currently trying to get ubuntu on my surface 3 (not the pro the base model) i have followed at least 3 or 4 different how to guides and nothing seems to be working. i have tried with and without ...
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Battery not detected on Surface 3 2GB, Ubuntu 17.04

I got a Surface 3 for my computer science classes, and proceeded to install on both my PCs Ubuntu. The problem is that on the Surface, Ubuntu refuses to detect the battery: $ ls /sys/class/...
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Installing Ubuntu on Surface pro 4

I have moved from win 10 to Ubuntu 16.04. I've tried following this article and this video, but still run into problems as the latest kernel version is 4.6.3. I'm still running on the kernel that ...
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Surface Pro 4 Type Cover Not Working Ubuntu 16.04

I have a problem with Ubuntu. So, I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my usb. Now, I decided to test it one of my computers. So, I did and it worked perfectly. Then I got my Surface Pro 4 and tried it ...
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Touchpad can't be detected( Surface Pro 3)

$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Razer Razer Abyssus ...
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How to disable a touchscreen on Surface pro 3

Long story short, I dropped my surface and the screen cracked. This is causing it to have false touches pretty frequently. I managed to disable it on my windows partition where I'm typing this from. ...
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ubuntu 16.10amd64 - Surface pro 3, power cover keyboard

There are a ton of questions about the Surface device and getting the type cover to work. My non-power cover works fine, except for the trackpad. I'm trying to use "dmesg" to add support for my power ...
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How to open Launcher with swipe gesture from left side of touchscreen

I have dual booted a Surface Pro 1 with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Generally I have found that touch gestures work well with the exception of one issue - opening the launcher with a touch gesture. I can't open ...
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Random suspend after closing lid. Surface Pro 2 - 16.10

I am having a constant issue where my Surface Pro 2 is suspending randomly after closing the lid and then reopening for the first time per session. After reboot the issue goes away until the next ...
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Black screen when installing Ubuntu on Surface 3

I am new to to the ubuntu world and am eager to try it since I would like to break free from windows :) I tried installing ubuntu and xubuntu on my surface 3 (4gb ram, 128 HDD, intel atom processor, ...