Questions tagged [hardware]
Questions related to physical hardware, and how it interacts with Ubuntu.
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How do I change an audio input type
I am on a laptop that I recently installed Ubuntu on. I have a set of external speakers that I have hooked up, that plug in to the audio out jack on the laptop. They are a 2.1 setup, nothing special.
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ASUS TUF A15 2023 Keyboard Not Working
I've recently acquired an ASUS Tuf A15 with a Ryzen 7000 CPU (https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-gaming/tuf-gaming/asus-tuf-gaming-a15-2023/techspec/). Keyboard is not working. Is there a patch already ...
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Which hard disk is causing these ATA errors?
in my journalctl -xb I see this:
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x6000 SErr 0x4890800 action 0xe frozen
ata1.00: irq_stat 0x0c400040, interface fatal error, connection status changed
ata1: SError: ...
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Ubuntu Studio 23.04 + SSL 2 - guitar input not working
I recently installed the latest Ubuntu Studio 23.04 and it looks like my SSL2 is partially working.
The output works fine, I can hear any playback audio. However when I plug in my guitar it won't ...
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How to select a higher resolution? Ubuntu is stuck at very low resolution
screenshot as:
and:
However, that resolution is woefully low. How is a higher resolution selected?
Previously, rebooting fixed the resolution problem. Now, it's stuck at the "highest" ...
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ubuntu 22.04 process to upgrade GPU from nvidia 2080 super to 4070
I have a system running with the starting state in the title (ubuntu 22.04 & nvidia 2080 /w the nvidia proprietary '515' drivers. I'm looking to install a new 4070 card.
(currently backing up the ...
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Ubuntu 22 on mini-ITX is stuck regularly
My mini-ITX with Ubuntu 22 hangs regularly. There is no picture on the monitor connected via HDMI. It is also no longer accessible via SSH.
The problem usually occurs a few hours after power on, at ...
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Random controller inputs
Alright, So I have a PowerA wired controller connected to my computer, and I love it to pieces. Works well for all the games I play, and I rarely have any issue with it. That being said, recently I've ...
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My computer is not listed on the Ubuntu certified desktops list - I wish to add mine. How?
I have a very old (maybe 2014?) HP all in one desktop computer. It is the kind that the computer is built into the back of the screen (no, I would never buy this thing - it was given to me). This ...
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MacBook keyboard and mouse hardware do not work on ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
I booted ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS on my MacBook Pro 15.2 but the built-in keyboard and mousepad hardware do not work. Using Linux 5.15.0-67-generic. Anyone know how I can activate the built-in keyboard and ...
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How to interrogage a graphics card from Wayland?
In the context of generally troubleshooting Wayland, for this given graphics card:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd ...
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Why are more display resolutions now available from Wayland?
The modes being picked up for setting the display resolution are now correct following a reboot:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ cat /sys/class/drm/card0/card0-VGA-1/modes
1920x1080
1600x900
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Is there a Wayland diagnostic to check for supported display resolutions?
So far as I can tell, the listed resolutions:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ cat /sys/class/drm/card0/card0-VGA-1/modes
1024x768
800x600
800x600
848x480
640x480
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@...
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where are monitor settings for jammy?
I've looked in ~/.config/ but see no monitor settings.
Just looking to change the resolution as it's quite squished after using loginctl to logout a user.
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No sound or low sound from HP laptop top speakers
I have an HP Spectre x360 laptop. The only way I can get any sound out of the top speakers (Bang and Olufsen) is to follow the top answer to this question. (using HDAJackRetask)
The audio volume is ...
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How to disable AMD turbo boost in 22.04?
so the problem is I cannot disable cpu boost. I have tried cpupower to change the governor or to lock cpu frequency on the specific numbers but idk when it needs to use these boost states it just sets ...
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No Onboard Wifi Adapter Found After Hard Reset Ubuntu 22.04
EDIT/SOLUTION: The problem didn't lie within Ubuntu, it lied within my power management/motherboard!
When booting up, the BIOS would give me a variety of error messages, but I decided to investigate ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 GRUB not detecting keyboard when wireless mouse dongle plugged in
When I have my wireless mouse dongle plugged in (Razor Deathadder v2 pro) grub doesn't detect my WIRED USB keyboard. The only way I can get it to work is by unplugging my dongle, and rebooting. When ...
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How to check bluetooth device's manufacturer and install drivers for it on Ubuntu 22.04
I'm running a Ubuntu 22.04 on an MSI CX61 2QC laptop. I'm having some problems with bluetooth and I suspect they might be caused by an out-of-date driver, or even by the fact that there is no driver ...
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RTC Time Completely Off
I'm having a weird issue that just happened in the past few months. When waking up my computer, the date time would jump back and forth between the right datetime and 2033-09-26 11:56:24. When I check ...
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Physical installed RAM is 6GB, but 4GB only is used by Ubuntu 22.04 as well as by Windows 7
My machine has 6GB of physical installed RAM 2x2GB + 2x1GB, but 4GB only is available by Ubuntu 22.04 as well as by Windows 7.
launching dmidecode I can see:
Memory Controller Information
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Maximum ...
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Replacing motherboard - concerned about breaking volume groups
I am planning to replace my motherboard to get one with additional functionality. I currently have a volume group that spans multiple physical HDD. I plan to use the same o/s disk/config (just shut ...
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Version 22.04 and HARDWARE raid installation
I have two PCs with hardware RAID controllers, up to version 20.xx I could install correctly with the disks configured as a RAID1 array, but with version 22.xx, the installation fails, I was able to ...
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How to manually bind or specify the print screen key?
For a non-specific keyboard, the mappings aren't quite correct from gkbd-keyboard-display -g 1:
How can I manually specify the print screen key?
OS:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ lsb_release ...
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How to determine the hardware details for a USB connected keyboard?
How do I determine the hardware details for a keyboard connected through USB?
Commands I've looked at so far include:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
gkbd-keyboard-display -g 1
sudo apt-...
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Wi-fi card has stopped working after fan reinstall
I'm running 22.04.1 on a Lenovo X220 laptop. I was having some trouble with a faulty fan, and just replaced it with a new one. When I put everything back together and booted it up, my fan issues were ...
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Shift Key working irregularly i8042
I am experiencing a very inconsistent behaviour of my notebook's builtin keyboard when trying to type uppercase letters and symbols requiring the Shift key to be pressed.
Specifically some letters (T,...
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Ryzen 5x GPU always in D0 state
Ubuntu 22.04,
linux-oem-22.04b (kernel 6.0, same behavior on 5.15)
asus vivobook 15x
cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_state
D0
the state is D0 even when only one terminal is running (should be ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 freezes and showing amdgpu Error in logs
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 for a while now. Everything worked perfectly until today. I am using an AMD Ryzen Lenovo ThinkPad (T14 gen3). My system got stuck two times today.
The last message in my logs ...
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Ubuntu cannot start. Kernel panic. Unable to mount fs on unknown block (0,0)
My Ubuntu laptop fell from 2 feet tall and when turned on, it stays with Lenovo logo. If I press enter, it displays this screen (attached). Does this suggest hardware failure?
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Should an old-age-failing caching SSD work as swap?
I have an old ThinkPad E540 that suddenly shut down on Windows 7 in the fall of 2019. The 1TB HDD reported a fault and the laptop immediately shut down allowing me to later retrieve the data with a ...
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unsuccessful backup to external drive
A long shot, but maybe... In Ubuntu 22.04, I tried to back up my files to an external drive before a clean OS install. I did it from the desktop, in three batches ("copy to..."), but now the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 Freezes Randomly
So I have Ubuntu 22.04.1 running on a fairly new desktop (specs below). Since installation there always have been some minor freezes here and there, but nothing that couldn't be fixed by rebooting or ...
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Persistent UI lag
I am running Ubuntu 20.04. I have a problem with lag in the user interface that has persisted for
a very long time. I am of the opinion that it is a hardware issue, because it has lasted through
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Lubuntu - microphone no capturing any audio at all (both webcam and internal one)
Week ago everything worked fine.
Now neither internal microphone nor webcam can capture sound.
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
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Xubuntu Studio - Is there a console command I can use to reset all gamepads?
This is an Ubuntu Studio PC with Xfce desktop, being used as a gaming emulator.
The gamepads are:-
2 x Xbox One controllers (over USB not bluetooth)
3 x Dualshock4 controllers (over USB not bluetooth)
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Quesions about upgrading my RAM to 16 GB [closed]
So I have a HP 15 Notebook something, and apparently I only have 8 GB of RAM, I need to upgrade to 16 GB but something weird is happeing, when I run free command, it shows me this
$ free -h --si
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Connect Ubuntu 22.04 with ThinkPad USB-C Dock
I would like to connect Ubuntu 22.04 to a ThinkPad USB-C Dock by Lenovo. Can you help? It is not being detected on my computer. Also the support page on the Lenovo website does not indicate Linux ...
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Explaining predictable Network Interface Names
Hi after a lot of search I found this link: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/
but still it does not help me for my case.
I have 2 onboard network ...
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Ubuntu Studio 22.04 audio system doesn't like my dock?
I have a Dell Precision M6800 laptop ("mobile workstation"), bought new with all the bells and whistles at the time. One of those features is a dock that plugs into a dedicated connector on ...
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Hardware Issue Preventing Boot
I have a 10 year old barebones tower that's only ever ran Ubuntu. Recently this is what appears prior to GRUB menu (I had multiple distros). I now can't get into the GRUB menu and it doesn't boot at ...
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Lubuntu 22.04.01 Audio issues
Good morning!
I've been running with some issue regarding sound on my laptop, it's a very low-spec machine so it could be related with memory or cpu usage. Usually, whenever I play a video on youtube ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 touchpad and keyboard freeze randomly
I'm using laptop (HP 15-da3034ur) with ubuntu22.04 on it. But I have some issues with it. After some random time (from 5 to even 60 minutes) from starting of the OS, my keyboard and touchpad just ...
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Headset Mic Only Records System Sound
I currently have a headset mic plugged into my pc with an audio splitter plugged into the mic-in and line-out jacks. I can hear the audio coming out of my pc perfectly, however, the system does not ...
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How is ChromeOS run in a VM on Ubuntu?
How is ChromeOS run in a VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy? Preferably, would still boot into Ubuntu and then launch something to get the ChromeOS to run specific software. However, dual-boot would be fine. ...
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almost all USB-ports don't work after booting/typing in encryption password
I've already done some research but haven't been able to find a solution so far.
I'm using ubuntu (budgie) 20.04 and I noticed it for the first time a few hours ago, because I coulnd't mount/open my ...
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How do you change the hardware identification number in Ubuntu?
I'm a Ubuntu user since 2 weeks. When I was in Windows 10, I changed my hardware IDs.
Disk’s Serial IDs.
I changed using VolumeID by Microsoft
I changed system UUID, Baseboard serial number, System ...
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How to replace old PCIex NIC to Ubuntu server
This might seems a silly question for mostly system managers but I haven't found a well documented article on the web about it. The thing is, I would like to replace the old 10/100Mbps PCi-ex network ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS shutting down randomly
Laptop shuts down suddenly. Initially it happened when the laptop was not being used but recently it started happening even when I am using it. My laptop is quite old. I tried looking in kern.log and ...
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How to disable the onboard Bluetooth but keep the new add on USB Bluetooth enabled
I want to disable the onboard bluetooth adaptor but keep the USB bluetooth enabled. In my windows laptop, I can disable hardware directly from devicemanager, but I dont know how to do the same in ...
