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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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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USB Ethernet + thunderbolt errors
Currently having major issues with thunderbolt ethernet adapter.
The device is a "Razer Core X" thunderbolt eGPU enclosure which has a built in USB3 hub and gigabit ethernet port. Essentially a very ...
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USB ports stop working after a while in 18.04
My USB ports stop working a few minutes after boot and also after wake up. I am using 18.04 LTS, but this problem was also in 17.10. I have two 2.0 and one 3.0 USB ports in my HP 15-notebook.
When I ...
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"Unable to enumerate USB device" on Ubuntu 20.04
When I connect a particular USB device to my old laptop running Ubuntu 20.04, I see the following in dmesg:
[ 101.184759] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
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USB-C - Power Delivery configuration options?
Is there any way to see or configure Ubuntu's Power Delivery options?
One of my USB-C chargers doesn't provide sufficient power to my laptop.
45W charger - works on an Ubuntu laptop and ChromeBook
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What's the next step in resolving non-working touchscreen?
The touchscreen on my dual-boot laptop doesn't work on Ubuntu. I've been looking around to what might be causing the problems and how to solve them but I've run into a dead end.
The hardware works ...
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How do I format or partition a read-only USB drive?
Whenever I try formatting my Sandisk Cruzer Glide 16GB, I get this error message on Gparted.
GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 14.42 GiB) on ...
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How to debug USB-C Power Delivery?
I have a laptop that supports USB-C Power Delivery, a ThinkPad T470. Charging it via a Lenovo USB-C power cable works fine, so USB-C PD works in general on this laptop.
I also have a monitor with USB-...
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How can I "install" a driver for a USB-to-Serial adapter?
I have a USB-to-Serial adapter, Belkin F5U109, that I need to use with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have found what appears to be a compatible driver, umct.4freebsd.gz (found here: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/...
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System Freezes for 5 Seconds Whenever a New Bluetooth Device or USB Device Is Connected
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with kernel 5.11.0-25. If I connect a Bluetooth device (e.g. my keyboard after going to sleep or a new USB device, but not SD cards) the system will freeze for around 5 seconds. ...
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Progress bar on copying files to USB
On the Nautilus file manager, when copying any file to a flash drive, the progress bar will immediately go to 100%, signifying the transfer has completed. The issue is that the files have only been ...
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Software to grab HD still image from USB microscope
I have bought a 20 USD handheld USB-microscope.
Video works in 640x480 with webcamoid, but the microscope is supposed to support still images at 1920x1080.
My guess is that I simply run the wrong ...
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How to automatically bring up CAN interface in Ubuntu 17.10
In previous versions of Ubuntu I have been using this script to automatically bring up an network interface for a USB to CAN bridge device, whenever the device is plugged in:
$ cat /etc/network/...
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USB Type C battery charge not working on Lenovo Thinkpad 25 on Ubuntu 16.04.3
My Lenovo Thinkpad 25 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 is not receiving power via the USB Type C port. Is this a driver issue? Or does Ubuntu not support USB Type C charging of a laptop?
Note: My Lenovo Thinkpad 25 ...
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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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How to exclude certain device from being grabbed by PulseAudio?
To cut a long story short: I have a specific case with application run in Wine. The thing is this application is not seeing my sound input device when this device is grabbed by PulseAudio. ...
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Lenovo T440p Docking Station USB only works half the time
I've recently bought a Lenovo T440p and have realized that USB devices connected via its docking station do not connect if I boot the computer while it's plugged into it. When I boot the laptop when ...
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Bluetooth controller connects/disconnects spamming system logs
I'm running one of the new Broadwell NUCs under 15.04. Bluetooth has been "fine" for the last few weeks (didn't use it beyong testing it with a BT mouse). Yesterday I started seeing continuous spam ...
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USB port not working after resume from suspend - ubuntu 14.04
My USB ports and webcam are not working after sleep. I have WiFi, but that's it.
I am Ubuntu 14.04 and I have usb2.0, usb3.0, webcam.
I found similar case here and here and here, but none gave me ...
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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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(13.04) PowerTOP reports lots of usage by USB2.0-CRW, but autosuspend is on
I used to be able to keep my power usage under 10 watts without WLAN on but now that rarely happens. One reason might be this, reported by PowerTOP all of the time:
Power est. Usage ...
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How do I disable a faulty usb port?
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, and my computer has a webcam that has been faulty for a while. On sleep/suspend, I've been seeing a lot of usb 1-8: device descriptor read/8, error -71 errors. I've looked into ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Scroll doesn't work for wireless mouse after system wakes up from suspended state
I have a Dell Vostro laptop running Ubuntu 20.04. I also have a Microsoft Wireless Mobile mouse connected through a USB bluetooth receiver. The mouse works without any issue till I suspend the laptop ...
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Kobo Aura One reader USB device not recognised in Ubuntu 20.04
I recently updated to Ubuntu 20.04 (linux 5.4.0-31-generic) on three separate machines (One Ubuntu Mate, two Lubuntu) and my two Kobo ereaders are not recognised as devices. They are not even seen as ...
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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 Wifi adapter Realtek 8811AU/8812AU not recognized
I have freshly installed ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. My usb wifi adapter which works perfetcly fine in windows 10 in the same system (dual boot), is not recognized here. the chip of the adapter is a Realtek ...
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Setup usbip on Ubuntu 18.04 server
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 server on an intel nuc an try to setup usbip to have remote access to a ZWave USB device connected to a raspberry pi. I loaded kernel modules with
modprobe usbip-core
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Thinkpad USB 3.0 docking station disconnects and reconnects
I have a Thinkpad T450s with a USB 3.0 docking station (also Lenovo), running 16.04 LTS. The docking station is connected to a few USB peripherals, ethernet, and a DisplayLink monitor. The station ...
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Why does USB drive auto-mount three times?
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Mate.
When I insert a USB pen drive, it appears that the system attempts to mount the drive three times. I get three folders opening, and two error messages "Unable ...
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USB 3.0 port not working properly
I am having some problems with a USB flash drive when my computer resumes from suspend.
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS L521X. This laptop has three USB ports, 2 times USB 2.0 and 1 time USB ...
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USB mouse stops moving suddenly
Using ubuntu 14.04, suddenly my USB mouse stops working, even though it has power (the laser works).
When I try to shutdown, it takes a lot of time and finally I have to force shutdown by a long ...
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Ubuntu 15.10 doesn't recognize my USB 3.0 flash drive
I have a 8 GB USB 3.0 Silicon Power flash memory. I'd been using it on my laptop,which only has three USB 2.0 ports, until it didn't anymore mount on Ubuntu after being plugged in. The problem is that ...
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Linux supported 5.1 SPDIF out external sound cards
My only requirement is to get 6 channel (5.1) digital audio out from USB and output it with a S/PDIF (optical/coaxial) port. So I'll connect the receiver (DAC) and it does the decoding + playback.
I'...
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"Error Loading Operating system" when booting from usb to install 12.10 64bit
I have just built a new computer I've never installed Linux on a computer before.
booting from my usb come up with "error loading operating system". I am trying to install it on my new 64gb SSD, it ...
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Using Canon LIde 700F with xane over USB
I know, I know, I should have never gotten a Canon to connect to a Linux box...
But the SANE supported-scanners doc said that the CanoScan 700F is supported "Good". I took that to mean that it can ...
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Crackling and feedback with Presonus AudioBox USB on 12.04
I'm using the Presonus AudioBox USB with the packaged microphone and headphones (AudioBox Studio Bundle with M7 High-Definition Condenser Microphone and HD7 Professional Monitoring Headphones).
I ...
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Slow startup: xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: Timeout while waiting for setup device command
I am facing slow startups here on a fresh 18.04.4 LTS installation. This slow startup seems to be caused by the USB kernel infrastructure hitting some timeout while trying to initialize.
I have ...
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How do I make firefox hello recognize my usb webcam?
I have a labtec usb webcam. It works well with cheese. It doesn't work with firefox hello.
lsusb output
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 093a:2626 Pixart Imaging, Inc.
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 all USB ports suddenly stopped working
After leaving work on Monday, as usual, I closed my laptop (Dell Vostro 15 3000), when I came back the next day, I noticed the computer was off (the battery was not flat) and I had to reboot. Since ...
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Problem with CSR 5 Cambridge Silicon Radio and Ubuntu 20.04
My Bluetooth CRS 5.0 dongle doesn't work on my Linux Ubuntu 20.04.
Details:
Linux version 5.8.0-50-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-030) (gcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04) 9.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for ...
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Fingerprint reader supported, but not working (20.10)
I have a plugin usb fingerprint that is listed with lsusb as 04f3:0c3d Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:Fingerprint. When I first tried it out, I found out it wasn't in the list of supported devices ...
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Why does my freshly created on Windows bootable ubuntu USB stick not boot?
Feeling very frustrated after much effort failing to get a freshly (created on Windows) bootable ubuntu USB stick to boot. I hope you can help. I am new to ubuntu. I did install it once a long time ...
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Viewing Thumbnails Over USB (MTP)
When managing files on an Android device over USB (MTP), and in particular photos & videos, it's essential to be able to see thumbnails. They appear painlessly & automatically on Windows, but ...
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Using a tbone SC 420 USB mic on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to use a tbone SC 420 USB mic on Ubuntu 20.04, but I can't get it to record anything. The mic appears in sound settings, but never picks up any noise.
This is its entry in proc:
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Unable to use ttyUSB0 as console
I have a server (Ubuntu 20.04.1 Kernel 5.4.0-42-generic) that is meant to be headless and able to be remote rebooted (with encrypted root) I have a USB to Serial adapter in the machine and was wanting ...
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Google (maybe the browser?) not recognizing USB webcam
First time here, thank you for all your wonderful work.
I run (K)ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and am having a little trouble with my webcam. Cheese, fswebcam, vlc all recognize and start the device, but Google ...
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Audio output missing samples: bug or misconfigured? (Ubuntu Studio 18.04, snd_usb_audio)
I'm using a Audient id44 digital audio interface, connected by USB. I see distortion -- missing samples -- in the output. To debug it I output digitally generated sine wave at CD resolution (with ...
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USB camera not detected
I picked up a Logitech c920 USB camera, which is apparently meant to be plug and play on Ubuntu. It's registering on my USB devices when I run $ lsusb, but doesn't show up on Cheese or any other ...
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Logitech C270 has no video output on Ubuntu 18.04
My Logitech C270 webcam no longer works on my desktop, presumably after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04.
I've listed some of my system info and logs below. Can anyone provide any advice? Thanks!
System ...
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USB problem - device descriptor read/64, error -110
So, after setting up Ubuntu,
I still have the problem that start-up takes a long time (purple screen). I ran systemd-analyze critical-chain. Nothing too long here, I disabled some networking service ...
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