Questions tagged [hardware]
Questions related to physical hardware, and how it interacts with elementary OS.
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Can't detect scanner Brother DCP-195C
I can't detect my brother DCP-195C printer. When I do a sudo brsaneconfig3 -d the printer appears in the list. But scanimage -L doesn't detect it. Please help. I'm very tired.
It's connected via USB ...
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File Copy / Paste Error in elementary OS even if user have administrator privilege
Last 6 months I had used the elementary OS in my PC as dual boot OS, with Windows 10 OS. I have 2 hard disks in my PC, one 240 SSD, and HDD. Both OS are installed on SSD and HDD using for storing data ...
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Printer install gets aborted wit GDBus error
I want to add a USB printer - drivers already installed.
When I click the "+" icon in the sytsems -printer dialog I get a:
GDBus.error message recipient disconnected from message bus without ...
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Wifi turns on and off in irregular intervalson Lenovo Thinkpad T460
I just installed EOS Hera 5 on the Thinkpad T460 and EOS runs fine so far but for one issue:
The wifi gets dropped and picks up in irregular intervals - which is more than annoying.
I tried the ...
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Internal hard drives disappeared after formatting them with gnome disk utility
I have 2 internal hard drives but after formatting them with gnome disk utility from Windows drives to "Compatible with modern systems and hard disks" they have since disappeared in the file ...
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wifi on the HP Stream 11
My question is about wifi code
Hi I.m new and pulling my hair out, successfully installed E OS on a HP Stream 11 blue edition, I have the next edition up, purple and the wifi braodcom will not load/...
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Best laptop for elemental os [closed]
There may any one help me with a laptop choice because am new to elemental os
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Can I install elementary on a Mac with a T2 chip?
I'm thinking of buying a 2020 Mac mini.
I can't get out of the Apple ecosystem just yet, but later on, I'd like to switch to something more open like Linux.
I've read a lot of things about Apple's ...
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Hardware audio device not detected after update
Fresh installed eos from the latest available iso. On first boot I did have audio(played a YT video and check audio hardware) but after installing updates and rebooting, no hardware audio sources are ...
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Can't install Elementary OS on NVMe
I have Acer laptop with 2 drives - hdd & nvme. Elementary OS installer can see only hdd (the same situation is while running EOs from flash drive - I can see only hdd). There is no ahci swithchers ...
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Can't detect or use Scanner Epson perfection v3790 in Elementary OS
I have a Epson perfection v370, it isn't detected by xsane but in the terminal it does appear. Searching around I got to open xsane as root and then I got it working but it leaves it as a file that I ...
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How would I go about disabling my Page Up key?
Good evening.
Due to a hardware issue, my keyboard thinks the Page Up key is getting pressed continuously. I've removed the physical key, no cigar. Unfortunately, this is a laptop, and I've tried ...
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Is there an equivalent to the “system cooling policy” in win10 which allows me to disable active cooling while running on battery?
yesterday I've setup my notebook with the latest elementaryOS and I'm very happy with it apart from one thing.
Given that my notebook's battery isn't the best I was a great fan of the "system cooling ...
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System Freeze Razer Blade Stealth eOS 5.1 Hera
With the new release of Elementary OS I was hoping it would support my laptop (Razer Blade Stealth) after all that wait. And it seems that it doesnāt.
After a fresh install I login everything was ...
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Has anyone successfully mounted an external Thunderbolt 3 NVMe drive? (Device shows up in lsusb but not lsblk)
I have 5.1 Hera on my notebook with the 4.15 kernel (that supports Thunderbolt). My external NVMe is formatted to ext4 and works on other other Linux distros on the same computer.
The device shows up ...
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Read error after wrong 'set root' in grub rescue
I have a dual boot with elementary OS and Windows and somehow I wasn't able to enter Windows and Grub rescue appeared.
I entered set root=(hd0,msdos4)/@ and set prefix=(hd0,msdos4)/@/boot/grub as I ...
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Finger Print Reader Dell G5 5587 15inch
I have no idea how to enable the finger print reader in order to login.. Side not how could I get fingerprint reader to then enter sudo password when required in the terminal?
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Hardware minimum requerid? [duplicate]
Hardware minimum required for install elementary OS 5.0?
Can I install elementary OS Only 5.1 with Windows 10 installed on another partition?
Can an 8 year old hardware install elementary OS 5.1?
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Dual Boot with Win7 on a RAID PC?
I have a HP DC7900 desktop PC with Intel RAID built into the drive controller (onboard RAID), set up as RAID 1 (mirroring) running Windows 7 Pro. I want to dual boot with Elementary OS as the primary ...
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Fan Control - Dell XPS 9360
I am after some assistance with getting fan control working on my Dell XPS 9360. As most of the time the fans seem to be running at full whack. Thanks in advance! BQ
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How do I disable one of my network adapters?
I'm having some trouble with one of my network adapters being extremely slow. I've bought another adapter, got that plugged in and everything was working perfectly. But now the old adapter keeps ...
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experience with eOS and Lenovo Thinkpad x1 carbon
as mentioned in a previous post I am testing elementary os in a VM for a couple of days now to test if I can leave Windows... hopefully forever :)
there are some small points which I already ...
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Inamax Wireless Adapter not working
My apologies for being a n00b but I am dusting my linux back off after many years on Windows and exploring Elementary OS. I like what I see so far but I cannot get my wireless adapter to work. Does ...
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Touchpad & Keyboard not working on macbook8,1
I just booted Elementary on my macbook8,1.
Touchpad & Keyboard don't work.
Anybody knows the solution?
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Will/Can elementaryOS support ARM?
I have been looking into some ultra-portable GNU/Linux laptops for some of my younger family members.
However, I do not yet believe I can recommend these to them if they cannot run elementary OS.
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Newbie to Linux, No Sound HP Pavilion x360 Convertible Laptop
Before Elementary I installed Manjaro. Same problem there but we fixed it by inserting an options statement in the file named alsa-base.conf which was found in /etc/modprobe.d.... So the statement ...
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Elementary OS pre-install question from perennial Linux newbie: partition scheme
I've been toying with Unix & Linux since Mandrake, but always gave up. Now committed to using something other than Windows as a daily driver.
Like what I see with EOS Live these past few days ...
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Driconf error starts in expert mode
Several days ago install driconf or 3d acceleration as they prefer to call it, but when it starts I get an error and it starts in expert mode and I can not do anything, I have already installed all ...
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Any confirmation on a Ryzen 5 2400 with Elementary OS?
I've seen a few older posts regarding this with nothing concrete, so I thought I'd ask.
I'm considering a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU (with the Asus Prime A32OM-K motherboard) and I noticed people have said you ...
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Multiple monitors extended screen on all workspace
Plugged in an additional monitor
is it possible to have extended screen on all workspaces
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macbook hardware specs INCLUDING battery
I am looking for where to find my specific computer hardware spec's, including my battery. I have a 2009-10 macbook pro and its needing a new battery. So, I need to find the battery size and make sure ...
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Can not add new files to existing drives after elementary OS Juno install
I recently replaced Window 7 Pro with elementary OS Juno for my HTPC. I have 3 drives that I'm using. Drive 1. is Main drive for elementary OS Juno. Drive 2. For Movies and Music. Drive 3 is for more ...
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Buttons on trackpad don't work (Lenovo IdeaPad z410)
Just installed Elementary and I'm really enjoying it - my only problem is that the buttons on the trackpad don't work. I am able to navigate by tapping the trackpad, but not by using the physical left/...
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Complete system freeze
My computer freezes completely every now and then.
I do nothing heavy on resources, plain browsing the internet reading articles.
When system freezes there is NOTHING I can do. Mouse not moving, I ...
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Cant turn on WiFi only Ethernet
Hi guys i cant seem to turn on my WiFi at all. I can only connect through Ethernet it seems. I'm curious if I didn't download Elementary correctly. When I goto wifi it wont turn on after i select it. ...
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Is there a supported hardware list for elementary OS?
Curious if there is a list of hardware successfully running elementary OS.
Reason I ask is because I have 2 MacBook pros, on the newer one, my elementary OS install usb stick loads into a glorious ...
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How can I get “Simple Scan” to see my Brother MFC-7362N network scanner?
I have a Brother MFC-7362N multi-function printer/scanner/copier on my local network. The Brother printer/scanner definitely works as I can print and scan from Windows and macOS on other machines.
I ...
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Can't install elementary due to GPT HDD
Recently someone asked me to install elementary OS on their laptop, because they would like to get into Linux. I myself use Ubuntu and never had any problems installing it on my laptop/computer but ...
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How to add more space to the elementary OS partition from the Windows one?
I dual boot elementary with Windows 10 on my laptop. When I was installing the OS, it let me choose how much space to get off of the Windows 10 drive but now that space is running low and I want to ...
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Screen Error Razer Blade Stealth
I just made the switch from Windows, I previously had elementary OS running on an old MacBook with no problem but this computer died.
I now have a Razer Blade Stealth 12.5" 4k from late 2016. I ...
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new elementary OS user, wifi && graphics questions
I've done my homework and started using elementary OS on my Acer Swift 3
the wifi connectivity is terrible, windows gave me constant stable connection, where elementary OS fails to do that
Should i ...
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HP 14" latptop a good choice for elementary OS - Model 14-cf1015cl
I would like to get a smallish laptop for home computing and web app dev. I am new to elementary OS but would like to use linux. Will I be able to get elementary OS running on this machine?
SPECS:
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Touchpad Locks After Inactivity Period [duplicate]
I have a Compaq 21N121AR Laptop and this is my problem: After I make a mouse movement and my finger leaves the mouse touchpad, my touchpad goes in a kind of "Sleep Mode" and it takes a few "swipes" to ...
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Pretty new to Linux
As the title suggest i'm fairly new to Linux and i'm curious how it works with drivers.
NVIDIA Graphics worked out for me after some research, but I don't know about the rest of the machine. Coming ...
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Keyboard randomly freezes while typing
While typing there are times where my keyboard randomly freezes and repeats the key over and over again. At that point, my only option is to manually hit the power button in order to restart. The ...
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BCM43142 and linux kernel 4.15.0-24-generic
I've got trouble - wi-fi not working on 4.15.0-24-generic.
I tried rebuild module:
Building initial module for 4.15.0-24-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.15.0-24-generic ...
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Problem wifi with network card rtl8723be
I have installed yesterday elementary os, it's all good but i have a problem with my network card rtl8723be. Anytime i turn on my pc i should put those string in the terminal:
sudo modprobe -r ...
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elementary os is freezing
I change my pc's videocard after some days it's start freezing/ and i restarting every time. I'm downloading nvidia drivers from app center/ have a 2 download I'm downloading both but when I restart ...
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Installation freeze due to RAID0?
I'm trying to install the version 0.4.1 Loki, but it freeze (holds forever) on the first screen (blank 'e' logo on black background).
I had to do some extra step to install Windows10 on this computer ...
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Touchpad & keyboard not detected
I've just bought Lenovo Ideapad 320s-14ast with AMD A9-9420 and i want to install elementary as my first os here. But unfortunately it can't detect my touchpad and keyboard. I can't even just move my ...
