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 to install a wireless driver on my dell mini 9 running ubuntu 12.10 off a usb?
Not sure how to install a driver and which driver to use - or whether I could do something in terminal. I'm pretty sure there's no driver there already but I might be wrong. I'm running a dell mini ...
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Can't find ttyUSB in /dev after connecting my USB dongle
I'm desperately trying to connect a 3G dongle to Ubuntu 12.04. Unfortunately, every time I try to connect (using wvdial) I'm met with the message Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory I ...
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Problems with Bootable USB on macbook pro w/ ventura 13.2.1 (Apple M2, 2022)
I'm a total rookie so please be patient. I'd like to try Ubuntu on my macbook pro laptop using a live version on an USB stick but there is no way it sees the USB when i restart in recovery mode
I ...
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Failure to get live USB 22.04 to boot
I am running dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows, with Ubuntu 14 in a separate partition. The computer has an Intel Core i3-4170 CPU.
I downloaded the Ubuntu-22.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso and have created ...
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Prevent mouse wake up when using combo receiver
I have a mouse-keyboard combo, so they use the same USB receiver (Logitech non unifying).
Is there a method to prevent mouse wake up (from sleep), but keep keyboard wake up? At least to decrease the ...
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USB adapter freezes everything when connected
The adapter in question is the Mokin mouc0501. I see the following strange behaviour once I plug it in with the power being available, no USB devide the HDMI port is working, it is as if they were not ...
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Epson ET-2750 upgrade?
When I upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04LTS to Ubuntu 20.04LTS will my Epson ET-2750 printer setup from 18.04 upgrade to 20.04?
I could not install the Epson printer on 20.04 standalone. The only difficulty I ...
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How to get Windows-like caching behavior for USB external drive
The problem: Thunar claims that it's written my files to a thumb drive, then I spend 15 minutes waiting for the drive to unmount.
I understand it has to do with the write cache. I hope there's a way ...
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Linux Mint doesn't pick up Headphones (JBL QUantum 610) as an output device, only as an input device [closed]
so as the title suggests, I recently installed Linux mint (virginia) cinamon version 6.0.4 to dual boot with windows 10. I noticed that my headphones aren't working on Linux, only Windows. I tried ...
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How can I use my ethernet adapter with debian 12? [closed]
In my laptop there is no LAN port, so I'm using a LAN to USB adapter. When I used the adapter with my windows, it perfectly fine. But in Debian 12, it is only showing the files contain it. How can I ...
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USB Device error: "unable to enumerate device"
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell 3442 laptop. I'm trying to make an audio interface - Tascam US-800 - to work. I've done it before years ago, same hardware, can't remember what Ubuntu Studio version.. ...
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USB ports keep resetting on Linux
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USB Ports (2.0) keep resetting causing connected peripherals to stop working after some time.
Hardware
Motherboard: ASUS J1800I-C
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1800 @ 2.41GHz
RAM: 4GB
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USB hard disk and USB flash drive keep unmounting and remounting
I wanted to backup some files on my external hard disk and just barely managed to do so, because it randomly unmounted and mounted again. My first thought was that the hard disk's life is about to end....
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How can I setup the TL-WN725N Nano USB Adapter's drivers on Ubuntu 23.10 with kernel version 6.5.0-25-generic?
I have just bought the TL-WN725N Nano USB Adapter for my Ubuntu laptop. Still, to my disappointment, this USB adapter doesn't have any drivers beyond kernel version 4.x, which also goes for the third-...
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All USB devices randomly disconnecting in Ubuntu 19.04
I recently bought a new PC (i7-9800X, 3.8GHz, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) and installed Ubuntu 19.04 a few days ago. After a random period of time of use, could be 30 minutes or several hours, or sometimes not ...
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USB device connecting and disconnecting repeatedly
I was having some problems booting into Ubuntu. After trying to reboot for sometime, I eventually opened the 4.4.0-31 recovery mode. while it was booting into recovery mode, it said that /dev/ubuntu-...
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USB audio causing MPV to desync sound
I'm having a really weird audio problem after reinstalling Ubuntu 22.04 on a machine where everything was previously working. MPV will play videos with a noticeable audio desync. Seeking causes the ...
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Xenial 16.04: D-Link DWA-182 [aka "Wireless AC1200 Dual Band USB Adapter"] issues
Reply to @matpauranoo -
Ok, did that, now it's recognised -
~$ iwconfig
enxc0a0bbe29477 IEEE 802.11AC ESSID:"dlink-5GHz-92DE" Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5....
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cant install ubuntu on usb: installation freezes on async_tx:…
im trying to install ubuntu on my asus zypherus m16 (2021) gaming laptop.
it has a intel core i9, nvidia rtx 3060 mobile, i believe it has 16 gb of ram, and 1 tb of storage.
im using a 32gb flashdrive ...
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Trying to enable USB interface for Wireless Adapter Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
I am trying to setup a wireless USB adapter on my machine and I am currently lost. I believe I installed the driver correctly based on my lsusb info below:
BUS 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:818b Realtek ...
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How to get sound card UMC204HD work properly under Ubuntu 23.10
Is there special configuration needed to get the external sound card UMC204HD running under Ubuntu 23.10?
I have it connected through USB and it worked perfectly fine under Ubuntu 22.04, but now under ...
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Installing Ubuntu on early 2011 Macbook pro using USB Stick: ''i8042 No Controller''
I have an early 2011 macbook pro.
My primary hard drive location has a mac os X yosemite installation.
I replaced the optical drive with a secondary hard drive, which has two partitions created with ...
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External HDD not detected on HP Laptop 15s-eq1
I connected an external hard disk drive (HGST 500GB) to my ubuntu laptop yesterday, the hdd took some time but connected successfully and I transferred a few of my files to it. I had one more hard ...
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How to make it wokr dvb-t usb a867 on kernel 3.13.3
I have kernel 3.13.3 and dvb-t usb tuner a867 based on chip af9035. What can I do to make this tuner work on kernel 3.13.3?
I found original driver on website avermedia but no luck with compile on ...
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Ubuntu boot menu doesn't appear after selecting EFI Boot on MacBook Pro
I tried the following guides.
Create a bootable USB stick on macOS
Manual Approach
Set Secure Boot to No Security and Allow booting from external or removal media
Unfortunately, the Ubuntu boot menu ...
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Blinking Cursor and black screen when booting from USB - Lubuntu
I did have Windows XP and then since the support ended, I thought of going with Lubuntu since it's lightweight. I downloaded and burned it to a CD first, the 14.04 LTS version. It was burned ...
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Extreme Lag when connecting Docking Station with HDD
Currently Using 22.04
I just bought a mini pc using a intel i9 processor. I also jusat bout this dual HHD docking station
There is an extreme lag when I am connected to the docking station. Using my ...
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udev not updating usb permissions and group
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Lucid Lynx. I have a requirement to set specific group and permissions for any USB stick file/directories on mount. I have tried overwriting the udev rules. Here is what ...
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Problems connecting to Bluetooth headset - 14.04 - problem re-occurs
Please read the (PS:) at the end of this new post on this specific problem.
I've read carefully This post but still have problems to connect to one of my Bluetooth headset.
I have two bluetooth ...
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input/output error with external hard drive
I have a problem with my backup external drive.
Can you help please ?
EDIT I ran chkdsk from a windows machine. There messages with sectors issues. Now I still have the display below with "?"...
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Ubuntu putty and serial port
Need putty to work on /dev/ttyUSB0
I know for a fact that the port (console on a switch) is 9600 8/n/1, so it should be simple.
ttyUSB0 shows up in dmesg.
So shouldn't I be able to select /dev/...
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Trying to boot a USB from Ubuntu, it crashed, and remained in read-only mode, how do I disable it?
I have tried many things, but they don't work, I don't know what to do.
The name of the USB is sdb.
GParted don't work.
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ISO to USB on Kubuntu
I'm running kubuntu 15.04 and I want to make bootable usb stick from an ISO file, how can I do that?
I tried this: How do I make a bootable USB stick from an ISO image?
I also tried running UUI by ...
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Wake up from suspend using USB device
I was looking for hours, maybe more, for a solution and i just found it. I want to share it with everyone. This way it will be easier googling this problem to find the solution faster. So, just like ...
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Surface pro 9 usb boot ubuntu
I have a problem. The first time I booted from USB, Ubuntu installed very well. After kernel update I had an error. Couldn't boot, neither Ubuntu nor Windows. Then I reinstalled W11 with USB. The only ...
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How to edit grub .cfg file so that it points to iso image?
I have installed grub on USB stick. I now want to add "linux.iso" file to the USB, so that on boot I could run linux from USB.
On boot the grub menu opens, but after trying to load external linux, an ...
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Problem with USB mouse in Ubuntu 16.04
Since I have Ubuntu 16.04 have not had any problems with the PS2 mouse, but a week ago I placed a new mouse USB. This mouse freezes randomly (Sometimes while I am using the PC and sometimes this ...
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Xbox One controller and VirtualBox
I connected an Xbox One controller to a PC equipped with Ubuntu 15.04 and the system recognizes it perfectly. The problem is that VirtualBox with Win10 (to stream Xbox games) fails to recognizes it. I ...
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Webcam Not Detected on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Predator PHN16-71)
I'm encountering an issue where my built-in webcam is not recognized by Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on my Predator PHN16-71 laptop. Interestingly, the webcam functions correctly on Windows, suggesting a ...
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How can I install USB Wifi drivers to Lubuntu?
I'm trying to bring back an old PC to life. After looking around I concluded that Lubuntu is a great option. It's modern yet fast, using very little resources.
This computer is in a room where it ...
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How to mount a device in ttyUSB0?
I'm trying to mount a USB internet dongle (data card).
The output of dmesg is:
[20200.396232] option 2-1.2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[20200.396448] usb 2-1.2: GSM modem (1-port) ...
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Unable to mount external drive without repairing
I have a 256GB Integral USB drive that I use with my Ubuntu 23.10 installation. However, every time I plug this drive into my PC, Ubuntu fails to mount it - trying to access the drive's contents ...
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Ubuntu doesn't detect or display or so on, external USB Hard Disk
It's NTFS. It's USB2. I'm using Ubuntu 13.04. It works perfectly fine on Windows (which excludes cable and hardware problems). I have two Ubuntu computers and it's not detected on either. It's about ...
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Unknown error while mounting an external USB device
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on my laptop. I was copying some folders from an external USB device into my Windows virtual machine. The process stuck unexpectedly, the mouse was blocked as well ...
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Usb to Serial Cable adapter, recognized but not attached to a /dev/tty*
I have a USB-to-RS232 converter cable, the cable is proven to work in Windows machines, Ubuntu detects it but does not attach the converter to any /dev/tty.
I tried connecting it to USB 2.0 and 3.0, ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 doesn't find my wireless usb adapter on vmware
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04.4 on VMware on my desktop PC. But it doesn't find my wireless usb adapter. So how can I install wifi driver?
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lsblk: failed to access sysfs directory: /sys/dev/block: No such file or directory
I am trying to copy the files on my ubuntu home directory to a USB flash drive. I am following these guidelines How to access a usb flash drive from the terminal?. When I run lsblk I get lsblk: failed ...
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Can a USB drive be used as a security key to unlock a Ubuntu PC? [duplicate]
I am currently looking to switch from Windows 10 to Ubuntu but I still want to use the security key I already have for unlocking my PC. Windows has a software called USB Raptor but this is not on ...
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BT dongle - ASUS USB-BT400 not working
I run on one problem. My USB Bluetooth dongle ASUS USB-BT400 is not working.
I'm googling the whole day for some clues, but without success. Could you please help me?
USB device is properly found:
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DP over USB-C not working on Dell G15 - tried all the suggested solutions
I know this may look like a duplicate but I've followed every single suggestion I found in different questions on AskUbuntu and I still can't get it to work.
I've been fighting for over 4 days to get ...