Questions tagged [laptop]
Questions about laptops in relationship to Ubuntu. Common subjects are trackpads, batteries and wireless cards.
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Ubuntu 22.0 LTS don't start Error F30
Error F30 when installing Ubuntu on HP g645 J1 laptop:
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an old laptop. When I finish the installation and restart the device, the hard drive doesn't recognize the ...
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Installing Ubuntu 22.04.3 on SSD+HDD
I am new to ubuntu and I wanted to install ubuntu on my laptop but i am having a problem . I have a laptop with 2tb HDD with windows install in it and i just bought a 256gb SSD. Now the problem is ...
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Unable to Install Ubuntu on Rog Strix G15
I tried installing Ubuntu LTS 22.04.3, but when I click on "Install Ubuntu" in the installation page, the following error pops up:
Error in the Booting Page
I turned off Fast Boot and even ...
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crash with lid closure
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and whenever I close the lid the applications symbols become terminals, the background goes blue, and clicking on anything causes a secondary desktop to pop up with ...
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Backspace, navigation keys and others not working after upgrade to 22.04.03
The following keys are dead after the upgrade:
Nav left
Nav down
Backspace
Page down
G
H
Keyboard is US international with dead keys (definitely is now ;-))
Laptop is D Zbook 14 G1
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Lenovo Laptop P14s Gen 4 drivers problem
I'm attempting to set up a new Lenovo P14s with Ubuntu 20.04 because that's the version we use for our software stack. At first, 20.04 wouldn't install properly - it gave some error that I couldn't ...
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My pc switchs on from itself
I don't know how and when, but if I put the pc in standby or I switch it off without charging, when I switch it on in the morning it is already on (but with the standby screen) and without charge (...
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How to format old windows pc
I have an old HP laptop running on windows 8.1, the owner forgot his password so he tried resetting it with some commands like (enter+f1+Del) thats what he says, then the laptop reboots, on the ...
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Laptop does not turn off
I have recently installed ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on a new HP ZBook Power G9 laptop with an NVIDIA RTX A2000 graphics card. When I try to shut down or restart the laptop, the screen freezes showing the HP ...
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Second monitor suddenly no longer detected after going into sleep mode. I dual-boot and the monitor works on Windows but not Ubuntu
As stated, my second monitor is no longer being detected after my laptop went into sleep-mode one day. The monitor works when I boot to windows but not on Ubuntu. I'm using nvidia-driver-525, I have ...
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Can i download another operating system from the internet from an old release server? [closed]
I want to know if you can create a bootable usb stick, download another operating system and burn it into the usb from a old release server.
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My laptop won't turn on
I restarted my MSI Modern 15 laptop. After that, my laptop won't turn on. I see the MSI logo and text after it. I tried to restart a few times, but this is what I get:
Can you help me please?
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How to control Cpu/GPu fans in Gigabyte laptops?
I tried everything but Im unable to control my fan using ubuntu, In windows there's a built in software that can control my Gpu/Cpu fans so I assume I have pwm sensor but when I tried to use that ...
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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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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
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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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