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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Ubuntu 14.04 Live USB installer will not run
I'm currently trying to update from 12.04 to 14.04 with a live USB which I made using the Startup Disk Creator application. However, whenever I boot up with it, it takes several minutes to start up, ...
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Why can't I write to my USB Stick?
I am trying to create a bootable USB Stick with Ubuntu 14.04 so I can install it on my computer, but for some reason, I get an authentication error:
I tried using Gnome Partition Editor to format the ...
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Need to disable USB device
My laptop has a built in camera. Ubuntu detects this as a pluged in USB device and turns on the power. One, I don't want the camera on all the time, feel like some one is watching me. Two, it starts ...
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Command to find how much data was transferred from USB
How can I create a cron job that runs every minute and logs how much data was transferred by USB?
Ideally I want log of amount the data in bytes transfers done.
For example if i tranferred 4mb file ...
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Check the serial number of VGA2USB device from ubuntu command prompt
I have vga2usb device that connected to the ubuntu system. And this system I access online on my ubuntu machine. Now I want to check the serial number of attached vga2usb device serial number from ...
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Falied to to create a bootable USB stick
When I tried to create a bootable USB stick using Startup Disk Creator in my Ubuntu 13.10
My source is a Windows 7
After 77% of conclusion appear this message in a file below
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Can't boot Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 installed in Toshiba Portege laptop
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04, try to boot it using USB, I did download the .iso, I did put it into the USB. I'm using Toshiba Portege, forgot which one. When I'm open the BIOS with F2,
I can't boot it ...
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Doesn't my bios support booting from USB? [closed]
Seeing that my Ubuntu 12.04 install is quite messed up (refuses to update and random crashes), I want to install the latest and greatest Ubuntu 14.04 on it. Although my machine is still more than fast ...
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No control over USB mic input/output level, or other external devices while mic plugged in
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with a Logitech C920 webcam and a brand new Blue Yeti usb mic. My intent was to run through all the input and output devices and settings while plugged in to my laptop, and ...
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Can't access BIOS for USB install
I am trying to install Ubuntu on my second machine now from a USB startup disk. The disk works fine as I used it yesterday to install on another machine.
The problem is on this second IBM machine: ...
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Not yet another question about truecrypt on usb!
everybody,
After reading a few topics on this forum, and the Truecrypt documentation, I still can't understand how to achieve my objective:
To encrypt data on a usb device and use it on any ...
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Running Ubuntu from a USB drive
I have been "trying" Ubuntu on a USB drive. I did some work today. Shut down the laptop. started it again (directing the boot to the USB drive so Ubuntu loaded up), but none of my saved text (.odt) or ...
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Cannot boot from USB - HP Envy
I'm having a little bit of a problem right now... I am trying to install Ubuntu, whether it be the 12.04LTS or 13.10, but I can't seem to get my PC to even run into my bootable USB.
I am trying to ...
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Running Ubuntu on 16GB Thumb drive [duplicate]
I'm brand new- An Ubuntu convert- and I've been able to so far figure out how to burn the OS onto a DVD, and also how I can get it onto a thumb drive. I've even gotten it to work on both.
However, ...
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USB: Enable Trim (FITRIM ioctl failed: Operation not supported)
First of all, I am pretty surprised my usb flash device supports trim:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep 'Model\|TRIM'
gives me:
Model Number: SanDisk SSD CZ80 32GB
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ubuntu 13.10 virtual box usb
i have win7x64 as a guest OS on my virtual box 4.2.16.
usb is not displayed on explorer on the guest OS even after choosing the
appropriate from devices menu
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Ubuntu doesn't mount iPod
I cannot access my iPod files even though the iPod is found by Ubuntu.
Output of lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05ac:129e Apple, Inc. iPod Touch 4.Gen
Output of dmesg
[ 118.991968] usb 2-1.2: ...
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Computer breaks USB installation
I have often done this before: install ubuntu on a usb and use it to boot from it from different machines (two similar dell laptops, similar components etc.). I know, normally you use a live system ...
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Boot ubuntu from USB option not available?
So I followed the steps here and downloaded Ubuntu onto my 32gb usb drive and I am trying to figure out how to boot up from the USB.
When I go to my boot menu on my laptop I get boot from notebook ...
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A wireless USB receiver that works out of the box on Ubuntu
I have a desktop computer with no wired internet access; however, I do have access to a wireless connection. I am running Ubunt 13.10.
I do not have a builtin wireless on this desktop, so I am ...
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Dell laptop USB 3.0 external hard drive boot
My Dell laptop has both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports. I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a USB 3.0 external hard drive. It can boot from the USB 2.0 port, but not from the USB 3.0 port. It seems to me the ...
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Broken USB-drive not given a name with lsblk
I dd'ed my 64gb flashdrive last week, and did not realise that the iso was corrupted until the dd was done.
The drive is no longer detected when plugging it and plugging it out.
I tried it on a ...
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How to connect Nikon D800 to Ubuntu?
(Nearly-new Ubuntu user here.)
What is the best way to connect my Nikon D800 to Ubuntu?
When I plug the USB cable into the computer, I get an error message saying
Unable to mount NIKON DSC D800 ...
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How do I set DocumentRoot/Directory path in XAMPP httpd.conf to USB flash folder?
I use Lubuntu 13.10 with XAMPP for Linux 1.8.3 and my USB flash is FAt32 formated.
When I try to set XAMPP configuration file /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf:
<Directory />
Order allow,deny
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Does dual-boot negatively affect performance?
I only have one hard disk and Windows 7 is currently installed on it. I'm considering dual-boot but I was wondering: Will having Ubuntu and Windows at the same time with only one HDD affect my PC's ...
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USB mouse/keyboard stopped working ubuntu 12.04 lts 32 bit
I have Logitech easy call desktop set. (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/support/136)
I've recently changed my graphic card from nvidia to ati this usb set stopped working in ubuntu 12.04 after that..
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What does "low-speed USB device" mean?
I've got Plymouth disabled so I see anything that happens at bootup. I noticed the following:
- When plugging my USB mouse, it says something like "New full-speed USB device connected"
- When plugging ...
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Slow file copy from flash drives (phone, camera)
OS is Ubuntu 12.10 and device im trying to copy from is Android phone or digital camera.
In both cases moving single pictures to attached usb 2.0 hdd or sata disk is OK, but smaller videos and bunch ...
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Does using an extended cache improve performance?
Does using a extended cache (readyboost-like) improves the overall performance? I read a lot about it and some says that it's just for old machines with low RAM and also the 480mbit/s of usb2.0 was ...
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Epson Scanner sx218 - Works Intermittently
My Epson SX218 does not seem to be reliably recognised.
I have installed the correct drivers from the Epson website.
I have edited the /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file to contain the uncommented line - ...
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ubuntu 13.10 doesn't detect my android phone(Gingerbread)
I recently upgraded my ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10, after the upgrade when i try to mount my phone's disk (FAT fs),it doesn't show up as a drive ,the "dmesg" command shows "unable to enumerate USB on port 3"...
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copy files to Nexus 4 on Kubuntu (13.04)
I know, this has been asked a few times already but I'm still having troubles to get files copied my new Nexus 4 phone mounted on my Kubuntu 13.04 machine. I followed the guide at: http://www....
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What are some recommendable wireless USB network adapters for Ubuntu? [closed]
I recently built a new PC and though I bought a wireless USB network adapter, I later realized that it doesn't support Linux. What are some suggestions for good USB wireless adapters for Linux ? ...
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Can't connect to with TP-LINK USB wifi
My notebook's internal WIFI adapter stopped working (maybe because of overheating?).
I bought a USB WIFI (TP-LINK 150Mbs Wireless N USB Adapter TL-WN723N). Now internet is fine in Windows 7.
But not ...
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Why does usblp prevent VMware from accessing my USB printer?
Every time I plug in my USB printer for VMware Workstation 9 to use (Windows 7 guest OS), Ubuntu 13.04 (the host) launches usblp and grabs the printer. VMware then throws up a dialog:
The specified ...
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lsusb lists Galaxy Samsung Tab s2 & adb devices lists nothing
really, I do all my efforts to run an android project through eclipse on a tablet "Samsung galaxy Tab s2/ GT-P3100" under Ubuntu 12.04.
i add the vendor id of samsung in ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
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no usb boot after installed ubuntu 12.04
I installed ubuntu 12.04 server on a Samsung net book "NP-N100S-E02 from a usb stick the first time I booted this netbook after purchased it, now I can't find usb boot options in the Bios setup. ...
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pendrive shown correctly in gparted but not in df -h
my pendrive (cruzer/sandisk 4GB) is recognized correctly by gparted but it is not listed in df -h. It was working fine just few hours ago, I tried rebooting but it doesn't show anymore. on the other ...
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Ubuntu wont boot from usb (12.04.3) [duplicate]
So, for a first time try with a USB boot drive, i used the recommended Ubuntu 12.04.3 version. After using the pen drive Linux USB installer to install Ubuntu onto it, I restarted my PC and changed ...
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Impossible to format a 4GB RAW usb flash drive
I have 4GB usb flashdrive I tried to format with Widows 7 and couldn't format it any way I tried with Kali Linux (a pentesting Debian distro) to format my RAW usb flash drive (as detected on Windows 7)...
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Is the boot process longer when installed on a hard drive than from running on a USB stick?
I have a Windows 7 Sony Vaio laptop. I have created a bootable USB stick
with Ubuntu 12.04 and have tried Ubuntu and like it. I would like to have it
alongside Windows 7.
When I boot from the USB, I ...
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Booting from USB in UEFI
I installed Ubuntu 13.10 in Dualboot with WIndows 8 on my UEFI System. After that there was no boot option for the USB in the System Setup anymore, which was there before under the title 'Uefi 8.0x'.
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Cannot mount any file system/USB stick with Nautilus side bar after changing UID of my user
There are a lot of answers in here that describe how to change a user's UID. This is necessary to match it to my NAS and to ease NFS mounts and permissions.
BUT: I had to do this on Ubuntu 13.04 and ...
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Trouble installing Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS with USB stick/key
I am trying to install Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS onto a new system using a USB-stick. I am to lazy to switch the only SATA CD/DVD-ROM device I have and use that. Also, I just wanted to know whether this ...
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Linux copying to USB flash drive "No space left on device"
I have a new USB Flash drive, 16GB. I am trying to copy a folder from my local drive to this flash drive. The folder I am trying to copy contains about 225000 4KB files. I have tried to copy using the ...
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How to get Schiit Modi USB DAC working?
I have a Schiit Modi USB DAC. I cannot get it to play audio.
What should I configure to get this DAC working?
What other relevant info should I provide? The DAC is known to be working (works fine ...
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Can I install Ubuntu12.04.2 desktop from my USB on some other computer while it boot?
My computer is having a booting properly and I have windows XP installed in it so i decided to install ubuntu. Can I do that through the boot manager using a usb stick ???
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device not accepting address 36, error -71 after installing kernel 3.10rc6
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome edition. I have a problem with my Arduino Duemilanove Board. Previously I was using kernel 3.9.2-030902-generic. After I installed kernel 3.10rc6 and I started my arduino ...
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USB (wireless) keyboard not recognised during install
I'm just trying my first trip into the world of Ubuntu.
Trying to install from CD on to a virgin machine, I get the initial language prompt, select 'English', I get the Ubuntu install options, select ...
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Ubuntu not booting from CD or USB, how can I make sure OS finds my drive?
I've been trying several different installation methods to install Ubuntu on my partition. No matter what kind of installation type (CD or USB), I get the same error message.
At first I assumed I was ...
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