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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Sandisk USB not detected by Ubuntu 14.04 but detected by Windows 7
I have a SanDisk 16GB USB drive that is not being detected by Ubuntu 14.04 but is detected by Windows 7.
lsusb detects it but sudo fdisk -l or blkid doesn't.
Even GParted and Disks don't detect it.
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How to format Ubuntu bootable USB?
I am new in Ubuntu. First I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my USB stick which is of 16 GB. So, it installed with 2 partitions of 9 GB and 7 GB.
Now I want to format that USB. But when I try to format it, ...
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How to install Ubuntu on a USB stick [duplicate]
Can I install the whole OS on the USB stick, not just a live test?
I mean, make it so that the USB stick acts like a HDD on which Ubuntu is installed. Does anyone have an idea?
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Managing Kindle Fire with on 12.04 via Micro-USB
To begin, I have read both Is there a way to get a Kindle Fire to work with 12.04? and How can I transfer files to a Kindle Fire with a Micro-USB cable?
My problem is that I am unable to mount my ...
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How to create a live system on usb-drive with persistent changes on disk/hdd
I was trying to install Ubuntu live on a USB-drive with persistent changes. However i wanted to write the changes to HDD instead of USB for various reasons (Performance, Space).
I found out, that the ...
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How to execute C++ program whenever a USB flash drive is inserted
I have a C++ program that accesses USB pen drives/flash drives. It works for currently inserted flash drive. A normal C++ program doesn't execute until we run it. But I wanted the program to run ...
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how to install tp link wn725n wifi usb adapter on ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
i have a usb wifi adapter Tp-Link model: wn725n
it works very well on windows but i can't find any drivers for linux/ubuntu i tried everything online but nothing work so far
i'm using
Ubuntu 14.04....
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How create a udev rules to disable one of Android devices?
I have an HTC Android phone.
Every time I connect it to computer I get a message:
Android Phone: Could not open MTP device "[usb:002,003]"
The numbers may be different. But the phone connects ...
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What does it mean to make a bootable LiveUSB?
I have to install Ubuntu on a PC and I saw I have to make a bootable LiveUSB from the Ubuntu iso file. However, I can't understand what's the technical difference between making a bootable LiveUSB ...
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USB ports have completely stopped working
Every USB port has stopped working on my laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I executed lsusb in terminal and was prompted with the following:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated ...
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Can't mount HFS+ drive, bad superblock?
My Macbook (Snow Leopard OS) was giving me the rainbow wheel of death so I tried booting into safe mode and repairing the disk, with no luck. So I decided to pull the drive out and plug it into my ...
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14.04 Not Auto-Mounting External Drives Since Upgrading from 12.04
I've upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04 via command-line when my system froze, had to do REISUB and dpkg --configure -a to recover from crash after rebooting.
Now everything seems to work except ...
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Prevent USB Drives from auto-remounting after remove
When I press "safely remove drive" in Nautilus as user to my USB 3.0 Transcent Storejet 25H3 drive it reconnects immediately.
How can I safely remove it without that behaviour?
I think the only ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1: How to automatically reset USB connections upon wake?
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E15 that came with Windows 10 installed. I added Ubuntu 22.04.1 as an option (dual-boot).
Whenever the laptop sleeps (goes into a "suspend" state) and then later I ...
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I need my pendrive to boot into Ubuntu, how to correct this and boot from the HDD?
I installed Ubuntu through USB. Instillation was successful.
But when I restarted my laptop it didn't boot. So planed install it again when started selected install from USB. it booted my previous ...
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Copying files to a USB drive [closed]
Currently, i am trying to copy a directory with files that contain my works website from a Gentoo server to a USB drive. Ive combed through many pages of you youtube and google and cannot seem to get ...
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How to install Windows XP from Ubuntu via USB
I need to install Windows XP on my machine that currently runs Ubuntu 10.10. I have a slipstreamed ISO for XP and only a USB to boot from. I do not have access to another Windows machine, and my ...
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What is the recommended USB software to put an ISO of Ubuntu on USB?
I've used Rufus and the Universal USB from pendrivelinux, but I was wondering if there's a recommended software or if there is a better one.
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Running Ubuntu via live USB error on Dell XPS 15 9560
I have been running Windows 10 pro on a Dell XPS 15 (9560) for some time and would like to dual boot ubuntu. I created an install disk with 18.04 and got similar errors to what are shown below, so I ...
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Logitech Wireless M510 Does Not Work 12.10
I' ve just installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bits on my new laptop and my Logitech M510 mouse does not work. It worked perfectly on 11.04 but it stop woth the new version, I've read here that I need to ...
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TP-Link T2U (AC600) usb WLAN adapter driver on Ubuntu 16.10
I'm trying to compile this driver for the TP-Link T2U usb WLAN adapter on Ubuntu 16.10.
Trying to perform make command I get the following error:
/home/iks/src/mt7610u_wifi_sta_v3002_dpo_20130916/...
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How to ‘lockdown’ system-wide settings with `dconf`
I want to ‘lockdown’ a particular key/value combination in dconf, so that only superusers will be able to modify that particular setting. In order to achieve this it is necessary to add a ‘lock’ to ...
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Building a version of ubuntu without any USB functionality
I'd like to build a version of Ubuntu that has absolutely no ability to recognize any USB device inserted. Is this possible?
There's the issue that mouses and keyboards nowadays are connected via usb,...
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How to mount Android external storage over WiFi instead of USB
There is this question:
How to access my Android's files using Wi-Fi in Ubuntu?
which has many answers. In the body of the question the OP asks how to mount the android file system over WiFi ...
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How to keep files on usb after rebooting?
When I turn off and reboot ubuntu all my files are gone and it looks like everything has to happen again from the beginning. Can anyone help me with this problem?
Thank you!
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How to create Windows / Linux bootable USB on Ubuntu [GUI style] [duplicate]
Since some laptops doesn't have an optical device and it is faster and easier to create bootable USB than DVD (especially if something go wrong) I have decided to post this question. Answers should be ...
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How to create a bootable USB stick on windows but to install on linux
after a powr failure when upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 I have a completely deficient system. It is read only and despite many attempts I failed to remount it read write, fsck and mount -o rmount, rw don'...
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Ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS freezes with USB WiFi dongle
OS: Ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS Linux version 4.15.0-24-generic
USB WiFi: odroid WiFi Module 3 with Realtek RTL8188CUS-GR
syslog has only ^@
Jul 4 12:31:50 udbv-HP-ProBook sudo: pam_ecryptfs: ...
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Standard uses of USB if Ubuntu is installed
I've learnt how to install ubuntu on USB drives. In the tutorials, they say that I have to partition my USB drive. I wonder if I can still use my USB for standard uses? (like storing data)
Note: I ...
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Questions about bootable USB stick (Ubuntu) on Windows
When I create a bootable USB stick (Ubuntu) on Windows, does it mean that the changes that I will do (let's say save a new file called "abc.txt" on the Ubuntu desktop) will those changes be reflected ...
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Common method for installing Linksys ac1200 usb wireless router ineffective
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 and I bought a Linksys AC1200 wireless adapter without doing enough research, figuring I could get it to work. I have followed the instructions at
LinkSys AC1200 Wireless-AC ...
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How to Handle Full Install USB and Swap Space
When Creating a Full Install USB drive using a computer with a swap partition, the installer Ubiquity, formats every swap partition on the computer and adds their paths to fstab. This includes the ...
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USB disabled in BIOS after installing Ubuntu
I can't boot via USB after installing Ubuntu.
Yes, the BIOS lists USB, but it is disabled.
Yes, USB is at the top of the boot priority in the BIOS, but it is disabled.
Yes, user Da1T, I'm looking ...
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How do I find out whether my system has USB 3.0 ports?
I want to buy an external USB 3.0 drive and I wonder how to figure out whether my laptop has such a port (or only 2.0).
Neither lsusb -v, nor /proc/bus/input/devices offers any obvious hints, ...
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How do I know the device path to an USB-stick?
I have a USB-stick (used as an installation medium). Now I need to install a driver from a restricted folder on that device). But how do I get the device path to my USB-stick (e.g. /dev/sda3 so I can ...
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How to edit label of USB drive?
How to edit label of USB drive easily without formatting it? I tried right clicking the device and go to the properties but cannot find anything to edit.
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/dev/ttyUSB0 not present in Ubuntu 22.04
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 and it broke support for CH340 USB to serial adapter based devices. (support was native in 20.04) When I do /$ ls /dev there is no ttyUSB0 entry in the list.
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Why does deleting a file on a USB stick not free up space?
I have an HP pen-drive that has 16GB space. If I add a file to it, and then I delete that file, the free space of that deleted file doesn't get applied. The only way I've found to see that space as ...
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How to permanently assign a different keyboard layout to a USB keyboard?
I often plugin a USB keyboard to my laptop (in addition to external monitor and mouse, which all virtually convert my laptop to a desktop computer) and I prefer using a different keyboard layout then.
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Laptop USB ports stop working: how to restart them without restarting the PC? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
USB slots stop working suddenly from time to time
The usb ports of my laptop fail for some reason from time to time. This concerns apparently mainly the external mouse and ...
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Cannot mount USB stick - errors out with "$MFTMirr does not match $MFT"
I have an NTFS-formatted USB stick. When I connect it to a Windows system, it works fine. However, I receive this error output when I try and mount the USB stick on my Linux machine:
Error mounting ...
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Does Ubuntu log when USB devices are connected?
When I connect a USB drive to an Ubuntu OS, would there be a text file which contains details of that connection and if so, where is that file located ? What is the name of that file?
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Getting files to/from android phone
I am having trouble to access the filesystem on my phone (it's a samsung / google galaxy nexus). It just worked in previous version of Ubuntu, but now it appears empty whether it is mounted with MTP ...
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Slow USB 3.0 speeds
Long time forum forager, first time poster.
I bought a Toshiba 500 GB usb 3.0 hard drive last week and instantly ran home to see how fast I could push it. On my desktop (that I built) I was able to ...
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How do you create a live persistent Ubuntu USB on a Mac that will boot to a Mac or PC?
Hello I have actually successfully created a live Ubuntu USB (12.04.3 64-bit on 8GB LiveUSB) using unetbootin, however it is not persistent and will not boot on a Mac.
Or, if anyone has any ...
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USB pendrive : the copy takes about 3 minutes but the unmount takes a very long time : 10 to 12 minutes
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
I formatted an USB pen-drive to NTFS to prepare a Windows7 USB Installer.
I set the bootable flag on this pen-drive and copied the files into it.
EDIT 1: The USB pen-drive ...
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When I start the Ubuntu ISO, initramfs says "unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
When I start the Ubuntu ISO(13.10) on a USB, initramfs says "unable to find a medium containing a live file system".
These are my PC specs:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/PoniesFiM/saved/39dy
I have ...
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USB Tethering keeps disconnecting
I'm trying to connect via USB tethering from my LG G4.
I have Ubuntu 16.04
The tethering works for just 1 or 2 minutes but after that it disconnects.
If I unplug and plug again the cable it ...
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How to format a USB stick
My USB stick looks dead :
victor@X301A1:~$ umount /dev/sdc1
victor@X301A1:~$ sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.12 (29 Oct 2011)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdc1: Read-only file system
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How to revert USB wifi interface name (from wlxXXXXXXXXXXXX to wlanX)?
With Ubuntu 16.04 the USB wifi interface are now wlxXXXXXXXXXXXX where the X are the digits of the device's mac adress (policy of predictable interface name)
More information about this can be find ...