Questions tagged [laptop]
Questions about laptops in relationship to Ubuntu. Common subjects are trackpads, batteries and wireless cards.
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Brightness doesn't change
At first my laptop didn't fully shutdown so I edited grub file GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset" and that worked pretty well. But, I found out that brightness no more ...
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ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 Intel (14") for Ubuntu?
I wanted to check how the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 Intel (14") is for running the Ubuntu 22.04 OS. I am quite a noob here, and found that this laptop satisfies a lot of the hardware requirements ...
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how to prevent ubuntu server from sleeping [duplicate]
I'm new to ubuntu server and I currently have it in my laptop but the server sleeps when I close the laptop lid. Is there any fixes for this?
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Ubuntu HP Elitebook 8460P will not boot
I have a HP laptop wish worked well with Ubunto 20.04.
I tried to upgrade to 23.04 but I don't get it done.
After I managed to install and the laptop restarts I isn't able to find the OS on de ...
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Cant change refresh rate on my laptop screen
Im still new to Ubuntu. I set up a dual boot environment with Ubuntu 22.04.3 and Windows 11. My laptop screen goes to 165Hz.
I tried to change my laptop screen refresh rate on Ubuntu by going to the ...
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Frequent Laptop Freezing and Unresponsiveness When Using Multiple Browsers - Seeking Help
I own a Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 3 laptop running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, which I purchased around a year ago. Lately, I've been encountering a recurring issue that has become quite bothersome. While using ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 (budgie desktop) OS works perfectly if no external monitor is plugged in, otherwise the external screen is black and the OS is SLOW
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 in an external SSD. the operating system is working properly. I am using a laptop to run the operating system. Upon installing the OS, an external monitor that I use at ...
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Huawei Matebook Xpro 2021 Fingerprint issue
I was wondering does anyone could use the fingerprint on their Huawei laptop? I tried in different ways but the fingerprint never display in the user setting. Any help will be much appreciated.
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Ubuntu 22.04 after update screen brightness control disappeared from the bar and brightness is at 100%
I have Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS running in my Dynabook laptop Intel i7-1165G7 as my daily development machine.
Today, back to work after a few days of vacation, I did sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade.
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On laptop, left speaker gets very quiet at random
On a relatively fresh Ubuntu install, and having an issue where my left speaker will suddenly get very quiet then go back to normal, sometimes multiple times in a minute.
I'm using a HP Spectre x360 ...
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laptop gets power off when unplugged and not charging
Some days ago i just turn the Lid down on my hp laptop after work and after two days i tried to power on my laptop, then i saw laptop was completely discharged. After that i just plugged in the AC ...
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The battery drains when the laptop is turned off
When I turn off my laptop using the terminal with the command sudo poweroff -f there are no battery discharge issues. When I turn off my laptop using GUI the laptop battery continues to drain.
HP ...
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After dim screen it doen't turn on back
I noticed this problem the first time on a new laptop, on which I installed kubuntu 22.04. I unplugged the power cord and after 5 minutes of inactivity the screen went out. Then I found the ...
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I can't install Ubuntu 22.04 on a laptop
I downloaded 22.04 - https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/ - (desktop image)
I made a bootable USB drive with Rufus.
I restart the laptop (HP Elitebook 8570w) and this is the error I'm getting when I try ...
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No sound on internal laptop speakers (but wired headphones are OK)
Ubuntu 23.04. No sound from laptop speakers, but wired headphones work fine. Bluetooth ones also work if it matters. System properly detects when headphones are connected and switches from speakers to ...
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When the Ubuntu laptop is turned off, the battery drains
When I turn off Ubuntu, the laptop battery continues to drain. I didn't have this issue when I had Windows installed. The problem arose when I installed Ubuntu. I've tried various troubleshooting ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 laptop sudden shutdown after full charge
So I recently removed windows 11 and installed ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop (lenovo ideapad flex 5 with amd ryzen 7) after i had sudden shutdown issues even though battery was full at times. Now this ...
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How do I get Ubuntu Server to run on a lid closed laptop without hibernating?
I have Ubuntu Server installed on my laptop and it works fine when I leave the lid of my laptop uncovered. However, I didn't want to leave the lid of my laptop open all the time. So, I tried to put ...
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[Solved]How to turn off laptop display on Ubuntu Server 22.04? [duplicate]
I use the laptop as a server with remote access. I tried installing xandr but it doesn't work.
Laptop model: Samsung NP305V5A-A05DX
Problem solved. This instruction helped: How to turn off monitor on ...
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My laptop doesn't charge after plug back the charger AC
After last update 22.04.2 LTS (3 days ago), i found my laptop doesn't reconzise, when I plug back the charger (AC no USB-C). I realize if you restart/shut down or suspend you laptop with the charger ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Battery not charging
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 with Ubuntu 22.04. Battery is not charging.
upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
native-path: BAT0
power supply: yes
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(23.04) OS crashes after waking from suspend/reopening lid
I recently bought Huawei MateBook d16 (on intel i5 12450H, LPDDR4x) and did clean install of Ubuntu 23.04.
Everything is great except when I resume from suspend or when I reopen the lid, the OS either ...
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Laptop wifi works great when unplugged but plugging it in causes wifi to slow
As the title states my wifi is being weird. I have Googled around for a while now but have not found a solution. I have tried sudo iwconfig wlo1 power off and changing the line wifi.powersave = 3 in /...
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Black screen after closing lid and opening back, no response until hooked to power
After I close the lid for a couple seconds using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - freshly installed today, and reopening - the screen is permanently black, pressing keys does not work, pressing/long pressing the ...
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How do I enable changing the backlight brightness on my laptop? (Kubuntu)
I recently installed Kubuntu 22.04 with KDE on my Pixelbook (2017), and the backlight of the monitor either is at maximum brightness, or off.
I have tried manually changing values in /sys/class/...
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Mac laptop with Ubuntu stuck at boot after update
My laptop which has Ubuntu has stopped working after an update. I try to reboot the PC but it gets stuck at this screen
How could I fix it?
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no display in ubuntu after it goes to sleep or monitor lid closed
I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed on my HP Pavilion G series laptop. I have a problem that whenever I close lid of my laptop or laptop goes to sleep, there is no display after lid is reopened or keys are ...
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Can not find ID for built in laptop keyboard
(base) art_usr@artem--ubuntu:~$ xinput --list
On HP x360 specter running Ubuntu 22.04 results in the following output, no matter if my external USB keyboard is plugged in or not. There is no AT ...
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Pipewire on Ubuntu (20.04) playing audio on both speaker and headphone port
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04, albeit with some changes to the regular distribution. I installed the minimal Ubuntu server and then got what I wanted from some repositories. For example, I got the Kubuntu ...
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Right Speaker not working Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Sound only coming from left speaker on laptop. I checked balance in GUI and alsamixer. In settings GUI it is exactly in the middle, in alsamixer both left and right are at 100. When I slide balance ...
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Duplicate closed lid behaviour having the laptop lid open?
How to duplicate the closed lid behaviour while having the laptop lid open?
Wish to have display off on demand when running certain apps, with a remote screen.
$ xrandr --output --off
This command ...
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How do I enable the touchscreen in 22.04 on my HP laptop?
I recently bought a new laptop and the touchscreen is not recognized in Ubuntu. I am not sure how to proceed as on my old laptop (also an HP) and work laptop (a Lenovo) the touchscreens worked ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, “battery plugged in” icon suddenly disappeared
Newbie here.
I’m running up to date Ubuntu 22.04 ext4 Gnome Wayland on a MSI Bravo 15 AMD Ryzen 7 4800H laptop. Earlier today the little “battery plugged in” icon suddenly disappeared from my little ...
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upower battery with pending-change and won't start charging
I have installed Ubuntu (version 23.04) last week on my laptop (Dell Inspiron N5010), and since then my battery isn't charging.
Previously on Windows it did recognize and charged the battery.
When I ...
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Battery charging status not showing
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS which was working fine but after the update the charging status is not showing.
The battery status shows Not Charging though its connected and charging. The ...
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Hp Zbook 15 g3 laptop ubuntu 22.04.2 Battery not charging
I have a problem changing my laptop (hp zbook 15 g3) on ubuntu
When the battery reach 95% or sometimes between (91%/97%) the battery stops charging and says (not charging)
I also tried pop os and i ...
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Opening laptop shows regular screen for split second before log-in
Upon opening my laptop, the screen always flickers to the regular desktop with all the windows open and readable before going to the log-in screen.
I'm on a ThinkPad E470 currently running Ubuntu 22....
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Brightness Controls not working on HP Victus 15
I have a HP Victus 15 Laptop with Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3050. I have tried to install multiple distros (Ubuntu 22.04LTS, Pop_OS 22.04LTS, Fedora 38, currently on Ubuntu 23.04) on this laptop to dual ...
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Quick Battery Drain in Suspend Mode
I am using Ubuntu 22.10 and my laptop is a Dell XPS 13 9365. When I check my suspend type by typing
cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
it returns
s2idle [deep]
which I believe should save the most power. ...
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UBUNTU 22.10 Internal microphone partially working on new Asus Laptop
I had to pick up a new ASUS Expertbook B1500 laptop (11th gen). Bought it yesterday, installed Ubuntu 22.10 (minimal install) and added all the apps the family member wanted.
Everything seems to work ...
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How to install Ubuntu on Acer Swift X
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on a brand-new Acer Swift X SFX14-42G-R607. The liveUSB doesn't run the installation environment, failing with these messages (I added 'nosplash' and removed 'quiet'):
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keyboard backlight in Asus Tuf gaming series?
using fn + up arrow turns on my keyboard backlight but it is just breathing type (those who use asus tuf series knows that there are some types such as static, breathing, strobing etc... ), now I want ...
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Laptop sleeps even though sleep is disabled despite power and screen settings
relatively new to Ubuntu, using 22.04 LTS.
Using it on my laptop and every time I lock my computer screen, the computer goes to sleep. I don't want this. I want it to stay on the lock screen, at least ...
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Asus Vivobook Ryzen 6000 suspend problem
When I close the lid, my laptop does not suspend at all, as if nothing happened. However, if I open the Logs app, I can find the "Lid closed" or "Lid closed".
Logs:
I have ...
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Why does my Ubuntu laptop sometimes fail to wake up from sleep mode? (logs included)
I have an Origin laptop with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. I can usually put the laptop in sleep mode and wake it back up. But about one in every 4 times, I wake the laptop up, I can use it for about 15 seconds ...
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How to change resolution?
I recently created a bootable live usb to use ubuntu for a specific lesson in uni. I did it with Rufus, installed the following version "ubuntu-22.04.2-desktop-amd64" and once everything was ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 amd64 doesn't detect all my RAM
I have one ChannelA-DIMM0 Micron 4 GB RAM Stick on my notebook. The bios and Windows 10 correctly identifies my ram as being 4096 MB, however Ubuntu only detects 3.7 GB. What could possibly be the ...
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How to properly install NVIDIA RTX drivers in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
I have bought a gaming laptop with GPU RTX 3050 mobile.
And since I want to use it for machine learning and deep learning stuff, I want to make sure that I've proper access to its graphics card.
Till ...
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How to work on a laptop with only one monitor and having the laptop closed?
I want to close my laptop and still being able to use it with an external monitor. Tried several settings including disabling energy saving mode when closing the laptop.
Any idea how to do this?
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Can't wake up from suspend with keyboard, but only if suspended with lid closed
My laptop runs Ubuntu 22.04LTS and I use it mainly docked to an external monitor via USB-C. I would like to be able to suspend and wake up the laptop without opening the lid, by using the external ...
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