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The Cursor Mouse disappears after Lock
A temporary solution is -
Go to tty1 with CTRL + ALT + F1 then get back to desktop with CTRL + ALT + F7
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Loki, additional hardware
In the terminal:
sudo apt install software-properties-gtk
after install -> software-properties-gtk
Info retrieved from -> https://askubuntu.com/questions/441415/what-has-jockey-been-replaced-with-...
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Does freya support Intel Skylake CPUs?
Please define "supports" :) I'm writing this on my new Dell Precision 5510 featuring an Intel i7-6820hq (Skylake chipset), running elementaryOS 0.3.2 (Freya). My only kernel related issue has been the ...
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Does elementary 0.4 loki supports 32-bit?
There is no official 32 bit elementary ISO but you can get quite close to the official experience by doing the following:
Install Ubuntu 16.04.
Add the elementary PPAs:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:...
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How can I get my hardware working in Elementary?
Missing panels in Switchboard doesn't really have anything to do with hardware. Most likely, you've installed some third party software, possibly from a third party PPA that conflicts with Switchboard....
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How can I set the physical button to act as right click on an older MacBook?
elementary OS Loki uses a new input stack called LibInput, so previous methods of configuring the trackpad through the command line or config files may not work.
By default, Loki should detect the ...
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How do the system requirements compare between elementary OS releases?
Support for the previous elementary OS release quickly wanes after the next's release, though the release's base Ubuntu is supported five years from its release (see this table).
Loki (0.4)
Based on ...
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How can I turn off hardware acceleration in epiphany?
Hardware acceleration can be disabled by setting an environment variable. Run it from the terminal like this:
$ WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 epiphany
See https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/...
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BCM43142 and linux kernel 4.15.0-24-generic
I had to download the package for 18.04LTS (https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/bcmwl-kernel-source) and install it using:
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo dpkg -i bcmwl-kernel-...
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How can I make the panel display a battery estimate for both batteries?
TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Actually, I just discovered that the external battery is being used first. It was a simple removal of external battery and checking what battery power is at and the putting in the ...
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How to select bluetooth dongle over internal bluetooth card
You can use a udev rule to disable a bluetooth controller.
gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/81-bluetooth-hci.rules
And paste the following in as one line
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="8087", ...
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Does elementary OS work on the Dell XPS 15?
I have installed eOS in my Dell XPS 15, Core i7, in dual boot with Windows 10. eOS works very, very fine, I can see all my files of Win 10, so only in a few times I boot in Windows. The system is up ...
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Create another partition
You have the partition, but you can't put files on it? You need to change the owner of the partition, like this:
sudo chown YOURNAME:YOURNAME /path/to/your/partition
For example, I had done this ...
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Will Elementary OS 32 bits performs better then 64 bits on Intel Atom N455 processor?
While it probably won't result in a noticeable difference, a 32 bit install will use slightly less RAM overall as the OS addresses it differently and you don't need to load both 32 and 64 bit ...
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How to log in into elementary using fingerprint scanner?
This is a known bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-greeter/+bug/1437540
It seems that it will be fixed in Loki, as you cn see the state of the bug: A patch has being requested to merge...
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Install Loki in Pentium 4 machine
Loki (elementary OS 0.4) does not support 32-bit processors such as yours, but the previous version (Freya, 0.3) does. Still, I wouldn't expect it to run well since the processor is below system ...
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Which single-board computer can I use elementary OS with?
In short - any 64bit board that's supported by Ubuntu.
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HP 14" latptop a good choice for elementary OS - Model 14-cf1015cl
It will work however you'll probably need to update the kernel and some packages since that cpu model is pretty new.
If you want to be completely sure that it works, look for a laptop that comes with ...
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new elementary OS user, wifi && graphics questions
I don't know about the other things you asked but TLP is worth it.
Just remember when you install TLP to go into terminal and type
sudo systemctl enable tlp
sudo systemctl start tlp
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How do I disable one of my network adapters?
The first thing I would try, if you have a laptop, is to disable the integrated (and faulty) network adapter from the BIOS.
If the above solution is not applicable, try to temporarily disable the ...
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Hardware minimum requerid?
The recommended spec :
4-bit processor
4 GB of RAM
15 GB of free hard drive space (SSD is better)
All informations here :
https://elementary.io/docs/installation#installation
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Best laptop for elemental os
There aren't many laptops that have any sort of official support for elementary OS.
There are brands of laptops that come with a Linux distribution pre-installed. Those likely also work fine with ...
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Will elementary OS run on an Intel Core 2 Duo U9300?
Elementary OS recommended system specifications for the best experience:
Recent Intel i3 or comparable dual-core 64-bit processor
4 GB of system memory (RAM)
Solid state drive (SSD) with 15 GB of ...
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best rigs for installing Elementaty OS
It might have to do with the graphics drivers. I recently bought a new Dell Inspiron 15 (5559) and had some issues which, however, could be solved by installing the newest kernel which includes newer ...
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The Cursor Mouse disappears after Lock
This is a bug in a driver that was included in the update. The bug has been fixed, and the fix will be released with elementary OS Loki. (I think the fix will also come to elementary OS Luna as part ...
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Elementary OS on a homemade pc build
The answer to this question is it depends. If you are running Loki, the kernel isn't all that old.
Provided you aren't using anything really exotic, Linux typically supports most desktop hardware. I ...
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Can't install new enablement stack (August 2016) because of unresolved dependencies
The correct way to upgrade to the Xenial Hardware Enablement Stack via the command line is like this:
sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial ...
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Wifi connectivity issue during the installation of Freya
That wifi adapter is based on Realtek 8192CU chipset, with known bugs on Ubuntu and derivates.
If you can connect to inet from another pc, you must try to download a driver ported to kernel 3.13 ...
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