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PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID)

I believe this may be due to PCIe Active State Power Management that is transitioning the link to a lower power state and maybe causing the device to trigger these errors. I believe the device in ...
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Enable/disable touchpad

I created this bash script from negusp's answer. It finds and toggles TouchPad device. You can configure a custom shortcut to it in system settings. #!/bin/bash read TPdevice <<< $( xinput ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 fails to boot even in recovery mode (stuck on loading initial ram disk) on ASUS UX433FA

Solved by following this: Ubuntu 18.04.2 boot stuck on purple screen after updates The issue was due to an intel microcode update, which behaved badly with ASUS laptops. In short, the fix (for now) ...
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Touchpad not working after suspending laptop

The following solution worked for me on my Acer Predator Helios 300 running Ubuntu 18.04 (5.0.0-36-generic) when all else did not- Check if the solution works Try running the following command after ...
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Touchpad not working after suspending laptop

This bug is reported in launchpad: Elantech touchpad stops working after suspend. After suspend the OP tries # modprobe -r psmouse and # modprobe psmouse and it doesn't work. But what if psmouse was ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 "ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol" errors on Asus X705UA

This is a known bug in certain versions of the Linux kernel (5.12.x and 5.17.2+, among others) with Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) affecting Intel CPUs. The kernel guys are working ...
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Enable/disable touchpad

You want shortcut, but you can easily put 2 scripts on the desktop and execute them. First, go to terminal. Type xinput. Output Example: ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [...
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Can't get internal and external monitor working simultaneously with 20.04 on laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 4800H and Nvidia RTX 2060

I managed to the the AMD graphics working using the experimental support for Renoir in the Linux kernel that ships with Ubuntu 20.04. You need to add amdgpu.exp_hw_support=1 to /etc/default/grub. To ...
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How to remove all "rc" - residual packages using command line at once?

Since version 2.0 in Ubuntu 20.04 APT itself provides support for patterns apt purge '~c'
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PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID)

Try these steps: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Edit grub. Add pci=noaer at the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Line will be like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pci=noaer" sudo ...
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Brightness fn key shortcut doesn't work on ASUS laptop

Disclaimer: I struggled with this on Mint/Mate-18 with my Asus 305CA, and got it to work, I do not know if it works on Ubuntu as well, but try... I did this: Get Fn F5/F6 working: sudo emacs /etc/...
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cannot turn on keyboard backlight

Try xset led on or xset led 3 This worked well with my CMSTORM (Cooler Master Storm Devastator) keyboard.
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Elantech Touchpad not working on Ubuntu 16.04 and Arch Linux

I had the same problem. After googling a lot I found a workaround: in /etc/defaut/grub sudo nano /etc/default/grub I added i8042.reset to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 tons of lags with mouse and window glitch

Unfortunately, I don't think this is a Wayland only issue. After I upgraded from 17.04, I've found lag/sluggish response with gnome-shell under both Wayland and Xorg. It does seem to be a little worse ...
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Keyboard backlight Ubuntu 18.10 not working

Open terminal and type, hit enter sudo /etc/acpi/asus-keyboard-backlight.sh It will turn on your asus laptop backlight. This script comes with acpi-support package.
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Elantech Touchpad not working on Ubuntu 16.04 and Arch Linux

Okay so I found a fix for this issue. Thanks to @Guillaume for pointing me to the right direction. This issue is very beautifully explained here on unix stackexchange. It arises for some specific, ...
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PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID)

I had the same problem, but the solution was to add pci=nomsi to /etc/default/grub file. Perform the following edit: before: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" after: ...
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Black screen after installation of Ubuntu 18.04

Enable nomodeset from GRUB boot menu nomodeset is a kernel boot option. Adding the nomodeset parameter instructs the kernel to not load video drivers and use BIOS modes instead until X is loaded. Safe ...
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No possible way to install Ubuntu on Asus Zenbook UX433FN

I just solved this problem on my Zenbook UX533FD with Ubuntu 18.04. It turns out update/upgrade will update the Intel related stuff and then crush the system This is what I did: In grub, choose ...
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Wireless lost ability to use 5GHz (PCE-AC68)

I had the same problem as you, and I just found the problem. The 5Ghz network was setted to choose automatically the channel, one day it changed to a channel with an high number and my card wasn't ...
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Enable/disable touchpad

You must to do like negusp's answer, first check your touch device, and will shows something like this: ~$ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ ...
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install/uninstall ASUS USB-AC56 on Ubuntu 20.04

I believe the best method is to obtain an internet connection by ethernet, tethering or whatever means possible, open a terminal and do: sudo apt update sudo apt install build-essential git dkms git ...
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How to remove all "rc" - residual packages using command line at once?

There is an easier way using aptitude: To list the residual packages: aptitude search ~c To purge them: sudo aptitude purge ~c Source
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Brightness fn key shortcut doesn't work on ASUS laptop

this solution worked for me: open terminal and type these commands: sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf Add the following lines ...
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Touchpad not working after suspending laptop

I deal with two simple approaches with this issue. The first, which not always works (as you mentioned) just restarts the mouse module after the suspend action. sudo rmmod psmouse ; sudo modprobe ...
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Fingerprint GUI doesn't detect fingerprint scanner

The driver is not yet available for Linux. There is a thread in a forum where people comment on this issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfprint/+bug/1641290
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No Sound in ASUS ZenBook 14 UX433FN after installing ubuntu 18.04

I have an asus zenbook 14 ux433FN. Faced the same issue with Ubuntu 18.04 (it comes with the kernel 4.15). I upgraded to kernel to 4.20 through the "ukuu" utility and the sound/headphones seem to work ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Asus ROG Laptop

NVIDIA graphics are glitchy with Ubuntu 15.10 and up. Some people don't have problems, while others get exactly what you're getting. Luckily, it's a pretty easy fix. When the GRUB menu comes up, ...
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Asus zenbook pro UX550VE: Sound either muted or very loud

I found a solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1721345 (comment #8) I edited the file /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf.common (with sudo). I ...
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No sound ALC294 Asus ROG Strix 512 Ubuntu 20.04.01

On a Asus ROG Strix G17 G712LU-H7009T / Linux Mint 20 (Cinnamon), I faced the same problem (as many Linux users with ALC294 sound chipset). By setting : options snd-hda-intel model=asus-zenbook ...in ...
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