Questions tagged [usb]
USB is an acronym for Universal Serial Bus. The current USB standard is USB 3.0, which supports transfer speeds of up to 625 MB/s. USB devices are plug-and-play.
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How do I get permission to edit in my usb
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier today it was working just fine but now I'm having problems editing files on my usb stick. All I did today was installing some themes and a firewall (gufw), maybe ...
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Installing Ubuntu on USB and booting from Destop with UEFI
I want to install Ubuntu 16.04 on an ubs-stick and run it on a Destop-PC that has Windows on it.
I can't use a live USB because I need to install drivers for the graphic card.
So far I have tried ...
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Does Ubuntu support USB 3.0?
I have a Western Digital My Book 3.0 - 1 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, and I wanted to know if it would work on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
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Convert bootable USB to ISO file
My laptop comes with a program called "Acer Recovery Management", which allows you to make a bootable recovery USB stick, from which you can boot to recover the computer to its original state.
Now, ...
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How do I burn the Windows 10 ISO to a USB?
I did the dd method and it wrote the iso to the USB drive, but I'm not sure that's all I have to do because it is Windows and may not have GRUB and I'm not sure so I'm asking the experts.
winusb ...
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How do I connect a Nexus 7 to transfer files? [duplicate]
I want to move some files from my PC to Nexus 7. The tablet is connected to my PC's USB port and it is successfully charging. Unfortunately, the PC is not detecting the devices - what I expected is to ...
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How to copy existing movie files on ipad to watch?
I have an iPad and a desktop running Ubuntu 12.04 with lots of movie files of various formats (avi, mp4, m4v, etc).
Is it possible to transfer those files from within linux directly to the iPad (...
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How to automatically mount usb flash drive at startup
I need to mount usb flash drive to automatically during OS startup also tried
mount /dev/sdb2 /media
but after rebooting not able to see mounted drive please suggest.
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID ...
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Configure udev to change permissions on USB HID device?
I have a USB scale, a USB HID. Currently, when it is plugged in, the permissions only allow the superuser to access it. How can I configure udev to let anybody access this device? I have the vendor ...
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How to connect mtp android device to ubuntu 13.10
I searched here and google and all I could find is how in Ubuntu 13.04 forward mtp devices are supported. The answer I found are for ubuntu 12.04 or ubuntu 12.10
Well, I connected my phone in mtp ...
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Power on/off USB ports
Is it possible to on/off a specific USB port using the terminal in Ubuntu?
lsusb displays the following result:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 ...
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Dell DA200 Adapter not working on Ubuntu
I have Dell XPS15, dual booting with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (novice to Linux), which came with a Type-C USB. I just bought a Dell DA200 adapter for the USB which works on Windows but doesn't ...
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How to turn off the USB power to my mouse, when I suspend the notebook?
The LED light of my mouse gets on my nerves when sleeping. I usually close my notebook in the evening and Ubuntu calls pm-suspend. Anyways, the USB plug is still served with power. I could even charge ...
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Audio output device, fast switch?
Depending on the situation, I use either my speakers or my headset for audio output. Given that my headset is an USB headset it behaves as its own audio device.
Currently I switch between audio ...
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How to create a OS X Mountain Lion Bootable USB drive on Ubuntu?
I already know how to do it on Mac OS X (plenty of instructions online).
But is it possible to do it on Ubuntu? If yes, how?
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How to auto mount my external hard drive?
On login, ubuntu 10.10 would not mount external hard drives automatically, While ubuntu 10.04 mount them on login.
I've tried Storage Device Manager but it give error when external hard is not plugged....
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How to boot Ubuntu on a mac from external USB storage?
I wish to run Ubuntu on my iMac from external USB storage, either an external disk or a flash drive.
I can easily create a bootable USB stick and use that to install Ubuntu 14.04 onto a properly ...
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Is there a way to share my computer's Internet connection with my Android through USB?
Is there a way to share my desktop Internet connection with my Android 2.2.1 using the phone data cable?
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How do I get usb 3.0 driver working or check that it is already working
# lsmod |grep xhc
nothing here but in dmesg:
# dmesg |grep xhc
[ 0.650446] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.650450] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus ...
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Driver rtl8811au for usb wifi
I bought a rtl8811au chipest based usb wifi for my work stationd that supports dual band. But when I plugged in the usb my ubuntu doesn't recognized it. So I had to find the driver and compiled it '...
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USB device not accepting address
I have a series of machines that I am building for work that have usb card readers. When I boot them I get a long series of messages:
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[ 2347.768419] hub 1-6:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on ...
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Is it possible to disable USB port with known physical location?
I have a laptop with faulty LCD-panel cable. This cable is routed to LCD-panel and web-cam with microphone. The LCD-panel works normally, but webcam and microphone are faulty. I do not plan to visit ...
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Can't boot from Ubuntu USB stick
I have HP G56 laptop and it originally came with Windows 7 which microsoft updated to windows 10 for free. I did clean install and so i don't have option to go back to windows 7.
I want to try ...
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Problem with TP-Link TL-WN823N
Recently I installed Ubuntu 16.04 but cant get the usb wifi adapter to work properly , can anyone help me?
When wifi adpater is plugged , the lsusb output:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:0109
Bus 001 ...
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Ubuntu copy dialogue stops at the last moment for a long time
Whenever I try and copy a file to an USB flash disk, the progress bar runs till the end very fast and stops for an indeterminable time before it is complete.
Is there an issue with ubuntu or my flash ...
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How to install Ubuntu without a USB drive?
I installed Fedora 34 about a week ago and found out that most of the apps used .deb which Fedora doesn't support, so I was thinking about switching to Ubuntu, BUT I lost my USB drive, so does anyone ...
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How to install and use Ubuntu from a USB flash drive on Windows 8? [duplicate]
I'd like to fully install Ubuntu 12.10 onto a 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive, not create a LiveUSB, but to treat the flash drive as an external hard drive.
I've read it's possible and I know my computer ...
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WinUSB fails to install windows 7 on USB
I get a error saying:
Installation failed !
Exit code: 256
Log:
Formating device...
Mounting...
mount: block device /home/jeffrey/Desktop/Win7_sp1_32-64_EN-faXcooL.iso is write-protected, ...
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Prevent external devices being locked to launcher
If I connect an external device (such as a USB stick or android smartphone) it will automatically open in nautilus and get a corresponding icon locked to unity launcher. Is there any way to prevent ...
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Symbolic links error while creating Ubuntu UEFI bootable USB
I have tried to create UEFI bootable USB drive within Ubuntu 14.10 (Startup disk creator didn't help nor I am interested in using it.).
I have formated USB with FAT32 and GPT. So the only thing left ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Scroll wheel doesn't work for wireless mouse after system wakes up or when first plugged-in
I have a new Lenovo ThinkPad E15 that came with Windows 10 installed. I added Ubuntu 20.04 as an option (dual-boot).
Whenever the laptop sleeps (goes into a "suspend" state) and then later I ...
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How do I get a TP-Link TN-WN727N usb wireless stick working?
Just bought a new TP-LINK tl-wn727n usb thumb drive. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit. When I plug the stick in, nothing happens. This may be normal for Linux veterans but as a new Linux user coming ...
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Low wifi signal in 14.04 LTS
I installed Ubuntu yesterday, so I'm trying to get used to it.
I'm really close to my router, but my wifi signal gets too low. Sometimes I'm in Facebook or Youtube and the signal is high, almost full,...
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Installed Ubuntu 15.1 on USB (full install) but it won't boot
I'm still a newbie with Linux but I'm trying to learn. I have two USBs, one is 4GB and has the ISO install of Ubuntu (I think it's called live, the one with maximum of 4GB of permanent storage) and ...
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USB to HDMI adapter that works with Ubuntu
I am fairly new to Ubuntu, and am running 20.04. When I was using Windows I had a Startech USB to VGA adapter (https://www.startech.com/en-us/audio-video-products/usb2vgae3) to add 2 external monitors ...
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Wireless antenna does not appear despite its driver being installed
I have an external USB antenna whose driver was installed, yet does not appear in System Settings/Connections in Kubuntu 17.04. More information can be found in the original question about this issue (...
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Add NTFS Data Partition to Startup Disk Creator USB Install
When creating a Live USB using Startup Disk Creator, the program creates an apparent ISO9669 read only partition that spans the entire drive.
This was not too bad back in the days of 2 or 4 GB flash ...
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Mount USB with exec flag by default [closed]
I have en ext4 file system with a program that I run off of it. However, every time I boot my computer I have to remount the drive with the exec flag in order to run the application. How would I go ...
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Copy to USB memory stick really slow?
When I copy files to the USB device, it takes much longer than in windows (same usb device, same port) it's faster than USB 1.0 speeds (1MB/s) but much slower than USB 2.0 speeds (12MB/s). To copy 1....
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How to detect an USB device?
I got a scenario, where a software works only when you insert the USB device provided by the software vendor in windows operating system. Im trying to find the content stored in the USB device. In ...
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How do I use Unetbootin to make a bootable Windows USB installer?
it says missing bootmngr or something like that. I'm on ubuntu 12.04 or whatever, the newest one using the gparted to format to NTSC and then unetbootin to install the bootloader, and the iso, then ...
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USB 2.0 device (scanner) does not work with xhci_hcd on USB 3.0 system
I'm trying to scan with samsung scx-4200 which is a printer with scanner. When I connect my brother's laptop which has the same version of ubuntu(14.04), it works. I don't know how and why. He did not ...
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fail to install ubuntu server 14.04 64bit LTS from USB drive
I created a bootable USB using Startup disk creator (in ubuntu desktop 12.04 32bit), from an iso image of Ubuntu server 14.04 64 bit, when I want to boot another computer using this usb drive, The ...
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Is there any way to turn off a USB HDD manually?
I have a USB-powered external HDD connected to my DELL laptop. Some times, after clicking on "Safely remove" item in pop-up menu of its icon in side bar, the drive is un-mounted and is removed from /...
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Lock and Unlock from USB disk (pendrive)
Is there Any program for locking and unlocking my Ubuntu machine using a flash- drive?
For instance, when I take out the usb flash drive, the computer locks automatically and when I put in the flash ...
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Is there a way to boot from usb through grub menu?
I am using dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10. There is a problem which I cannot boot to my normal Windows, and am trying to recover it via USB stick. However, even if I change the boot order, the ...
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USB ports not working after resume from sleep on Ubuntu 18.04
Recently i installed Ubuntu 18.04 and started to face a strange issue.
while i went to sleep/hibernate mode two of my three USB ports stopped working.
If i restart Ubuntu the USB ports goes back to ...
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USB Mouse not working after installing Ubuntu 16.04 - Persistent Fix?
I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 and I haven't any problem in live. But after the login, mouse doesn't move and click.
the only solution I found was:
sudo rmmod usbhid
sudo modprobe usbhid
However, I ...
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USB pendrive : the copy takes about 3 minutes but the unmount takes a very long time : 10 to 12 minutes
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
I formatted an USB pen-drive to NTFS to prepare a Windows7 USB Installer.
I set the bootable flag on this pen-drive and copied the files into it.
EDIT 1: The USB pen-drive ...
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How do I fix "can't open /dev/sr0: No medium found" on USB boot?
I tried to install Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop using thumb drive, but it failed, even though I used the standard Startup Disk Creator utility.
The laptop is a a Dell Studio 1536.
The problem shows as:
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