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HP Pavilion Laptop Overheating

I'm using Wubi (12.04.2 LTS) to dual-boot between Windows 7 and Ubuntu, but when I boot up Ubuntu my laptop overheats and after some hours (sometimes minutes) it shutdowns because of the overheat. I ...
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Wi-Fi with HP Pavilion G7

I have a HP Pavilion G7 Notebook computer and when I use ubuntu it starts up fine, and then when I get in I can't connect to wifi. I know the problem because it says something like "disconnected by ...
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Cannot install aircrack-ng [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can’t install aircrack-ng Today I tried to install aircrack-ng. I used the command sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng and it didn't work. Here's what it says: root @ Matej-HP ...
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Unable to configure audio on HP Pavilion G6 2006AX - using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS version on my HP Pavilion G6 2006AX laptop. This is the only operating system that I have on my laptop (no dual boot). Processor & Graphics detail: AMD A6-...
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How can I install wubi with more than 30 GB?

I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8 with Wubi. Can I somehow install Ubuntu (wubi) with more than 30 GB of space? I have a HP Pavilion g7 1303 (x64).
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Ubuntu 12.04 HP DV7 Suspend Works, Resume Doesn't

So my issue is that the suspension works, but once I resume, it will just stay in a black screen. Closing and opening the lid does nothing. I tried all sorts of things already with no luck. Can anyone ...
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HDMI with HDA Intel problem

In my HP Pavilion dv7 the HDMI sound does not work (image works correctly). I enabled this from the "Audio" panel but sound still comes out from the integrated speakers. I tried to enable the S/PDIF-...
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I am unable to enable wireless networks. How can I enable it?

I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on an hp pavillion dv5 laptop I can't enable wireless networks. I am able to connect to wired networks though. I have a wireless button that's currently set on disabled, ...
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screen starts up with lines running across?

I just transferred a HP pavilion dv2000 from windows to Ubuntu 12.04. When it starts up there there are lines across the screen and after I log in, The mouse can't reach the edge of the screen on the ...
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How do I boot HP Pavilion g6 to display GRUB2.00 rather than opening Windows8 by default?

With a lot of help from Ask Ubuntu, I have successfully installed 12.10 onto an HP Pavilion g6 2240sa notebook to create a dual boot machine which also has Win8. This could only be achieved by a full ...
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How do I install 12.10 on a Pavilion-G6 laptop with UEFI

I have a brand new HP Pavilion-G6 which boots to pre-loaded Windows8 and I want to change the machine to boot up into Ubuntu 12.10 whist retaining Windows 8. I am having difficulty booting into ...
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Realtek 8188ce stops working after 2minutes

I am using ubuntu 12.10 on an hp dm4-2191us via wubi with the Realtek 8188ce wifi adapter. Everything works very well with the exception of the wifi. I have used wicd and it didn't worked at all so i ...
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HP Pavilion tx2000 - Wifi adapter no longer works after moving from 12.04 to a 12.10 clean install

I have a HP Pavilion tx2000 that I have been running Ubuntu 12.04 on for a couple of months without any problems (wifi worked great) until yesterday when my hard drive failed. I replaced the hard ...
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Fingerprint driver issue hp Pavilion dm4 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Dv6 1149wm’s fingerprint reader? I need a fingerprint scan driver for Pavilion dm4 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:...
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Wireless not working on HP pavilion dm5

I have tried to help my friend out with his wireless problems he is running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but the regular bcma wireless driver isn't working. He has to be about a foot away from the Access point in ...
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Reassign the Right button functionality of touchpad

My notebook has a touchpad with two buttons. The touchpad works pretty well and I use it for vertical/horizontal scroll, two fingers scrolling etc. The Left button acts like the left button of a ...
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HP Pavilion g6 - 64 bit high temperature

I have ubuntu 12.04 and my temperatures are constantly over 55°C I've tried jupiter power saving mode without results. I've tried installing ATI proprietary drivers but there wasn't a significant ...
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Black screen on boot and wake - HP Pavilion Dv6

I failed to find a clean answer to this issue. HP Pavilion Dv6, just installed Ubuntu 12.10 after Windows 7 got too annoying. Ubuntu is currently the only OS on the laptop. I used to only have 12.04 ...
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Why does my laptop with AMD Radeon HD 76xx graphics get overheated when using Ubuntu?

I bought a new laptop which came pre-installed with Windows 7. I love working on Ubuntu and hence installed 12.04 on my laptop. I can work on Windows for 6 hours at a stretch and feel the laptop being ...
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Wifi not working now. Was working fine until yesterday

I have been running Ubuntu 12.04 on my HP Pavilion G6 notebook for 4 months now. There were no issues at all. Today, I tried to connect using the wifi, it doesn't turn on but bluetooth which is also ...
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HP Pavilion G4 2118TU drive

everyone. My HP Pavilion G4 bought with suse linux OS, but when I change it to ubuntu, I couldn't find the drive softwave for linux(hp-drive-guard - HP DriveGuard; touch drive.....) would you help me, ...
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Wifi light turns red but wireless still works when I close bluetooth on an HP DV6

I installed 12.04 and upgraded kernel to 3.6.1 . and now, when I close bluetooth on gnome, my wifi light turns red but wifi still works. I want to know how to fix it. Ubuntu 12.04 Kernel 3.6.1 Hp ...
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HP Pavilion dv9410us Model Drivers for Ubuntu?

Where can I download the Ubuntu 12.04 drivers for HP Pavillion DV9410US model laptop which has AMD Turion X2 processor, with Nvidia graphics card. But where can I download the wireless driver since ...
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How to convert /tmp partition in to other format ? also give some details about /tmp partition?

I'm new to Ubuntu so don't know much about partitions. I have a 320Gb Hard-drive on a HP DV6 i3 2150us. When I was installing Ubuntu I gave 100 Gb to /tmp mount point thinking that it would be a ...
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HP Notebook Pavilion g6-2101sl freeze

I just bought this notebook and I've already installed in a new partition Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with 6GB of swap memory. UPDATE2: This is the laptop configuration: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...
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Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't start or install [closed]

I have an HP G4-1387 which has two graphics cards, an ATI 7450M and Intel HD3000. I tried to install Ubuntu and run it from my USB stick, I get the usual black, console like screen showing a lot of ...
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Wifi gets automatically disabled in Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome Classic

I am using a HP dv2000 series laptop. I have a broadcom 802.11g wireless apapter installed on the machine. While surfing the internet in Ubuntu 12.04, sometimes the Wifi gets disabled automatically. (...
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Setting up Beats audio on HP Pavilion M6

I have an HP Pavilion m6-1054sa laptop, with a Beats subwoofer on the bottom. The normal laptop speakers work fine under Ubuntu but the Beats speaker(s?) does not. Anyone know how to get this working? ...
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Keyboard Freezes with Wireless Use on HP Pavillion dm1 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? I recently bought an HP Pavillion DM1 laptop for everyday use. To get the wireless card working, I had to install the proprietary ...
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Problems with newly installed Ubuntu [closed]

I just dual-booted my PC with Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7. I like everything about Ubuntu except two things. First, whenever I click the right mouse button in Firefox, it immediately hangs. I ...
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Sound trouble with HP Pavilion dv6

Woke up this afternoon only to find that something happened to my laptop while my brother was using it. The startup sound plays normally when I turn it on, but other than that no audio will work from ...
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HP DV6 connects but no internet

I have a Hewlett Packard DV6. I connected to the access point. I receive an IP address/default gateway/DNS,etc(DHCP). I cannot ping my gateway. DNS lookups fails. There is just no connectivity. My ...
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Can't right click on an HP Pavilion dv6

After installing, I initially assumed that right-clicking just wasn't a feature. I've been trying to separate myself from what I'm accustomed to in Windows, so I didn't think much of it. I've since ...
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Brightness doesn't decrease on an HP Pavilion G6

I have a HP Pavilion g6 laptop. After installing Ubuntu, screen brightness does not not decrease. Due to this high brightness, I am unable to use Ubuntu properly. Graphics- ATI Radeon. Please help ...
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Very low volume from headphones and external speakers on HP p7-1235 (Ubuntu 12.04)

Installed 12.04 on a new HP Pavilion desktop p7-1235 (AMD A8-5500 APU). Volume is very low from external speakers and headphones plugged into the front jack. I set the master volume and speaker/...
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HP Pavilion G6 at 12.04 LTS - boot failure. In rescue mode boots successfully

12.04 LTS AMD64 fails if boot is not in rescue mode with HP Pavilion G6. At boot, grub presents 2 boot options: normal boot rescue mode If I choose rescue mode, Ubuntu loads okay. if I choose ...
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Sound doesn't work on an hp pavillion dv6 (except through headphone jack)

Since Ubuntu's installation, sound never plays through the laptop speakers. However, I can get sound by listening through headphones plugged into the jack. Any ideas on how to get the speakers to ...
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Is it possible to change a laptop's screen-dimming capabilities? [closed]

My laptop is able to dim it's screen automatically until it is turned off by Ubuntu to save power, currently my dim screen button doesn't let me turn off my screen completely, my questions are: Is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation issue

I have HP Pavilion g6 laptop. I tried installing ubuntu on it. i successfully downloaded the image and copied it to disc. now i do not understand how to run the setup while my laptop do not boot from ...
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HP Pavilion G Series Wireless Switch

On my HP laptop, the wireless switch is the F12 key, which works fine on my windows partition, but not in Ubuntu 12.04. Ubuntu tells me that the wireless is disabled by the hardware switch (F12), ...
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installing my Graphic Card on ubuntu12.04

I have a HP Pavillion G6 series 1225, i5 laptop with Radeon HD 6470M switchable VGA. i installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but the VGA drivers don't work properly. I want to install drivers into the Ubuntu. ...
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12.04 freezes on install [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? I'm new to ubuntu and can't for the life of me understand how to get around this issue. I'm having a problem where when I insert the boot ...
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HP Pavilion dv4-3029tx Wireless [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Wifi disabled for Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 Intel in 12.04 I just bought an HP dv4-3029tx and installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it. It has a centrino wireless-n 1030 card. I ...
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screen problem with 12.04 Install on a HP dv9000 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? I installed 12.04 on a HP dv9000 laptop. I first tried to install with a Windows partition; then tried ...
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Which Partition do I install alongside Windows on an HP Pavillion dv7?

I'm trying to install along side windows on an HP Pavillion dv7. I've installed ubuntu on other machines, so I know a little about the process. If I remember right, my HD had too many partitions, and ...
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Monitor shows only middle of screen, edges missing. After update 11.10 to 12.04

I have a HP pavillion, (Graphics GeForce GT 220/PCIe/SSE2) and after the update this problem came. It looks like I zoomed in on the screen, but the edges are 'there' when I click the mouse. I tried a ...
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Upgraded HP Pavilion G7 1317cl with Bios vers F45 to 8GB only 3.3GB recognised in Ubuntu 12.04 X64

Bios and hardware probes indicate 8GB installed. Swapped chip slots with no difference in behavior. DMESG E820 map as follows: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: ...
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Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS does not work with Radeon Generic PnP display

I have a HP Pavillion g6-1330se laptop with Intel i5 processor, 6GB RAM, Radeon Generic PnP display and Windows 7 Home basic version. I have downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS from the website and ...
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Cannot access external monitor on fresh install of 12.04 or HP laptop with Nvidia graphics

I just reinstalled Ubuntu on one of my laptops, an HP Pavillion with Nvidia graphics. This was a fresh install replacing 10.10 with the new 12.04. I use an external monitor plugged in via VGA ...
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Wifi signal weak while on an HP Pavilion G6

I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS along with the standard Windows 7 on my new HP pavillion g6 (AMD). They both work fine but when I am running Ubuntu, the wifi signal strength shows low (...
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