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Elementary OS on Intel Atom?
Unfortunately elementary OS 0.4 Loki requires a 64-bit CPU, however the Atom N270 is 32-bit. All of the Loki packages are only bit for 64-bit, so installing Ubuntu and then adding the elementary repos ...
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Intel 8265 doesn't work in Loki
See if sudo apt-get install linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge gets the 4.8 kernel installed and then do
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.161.1_all.deb
sudo ...
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Remove Nvidia Drivers
You can remove them by using:
sudo apt-get autoremove nvidia*
It will remove everything related to nvidia, so make sure to double check before continuing.
You can also try this:
sudo apt-get ...
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Should I install the proprietary CPU drivers?
Enabling this wouldn't harm your machine. Users of CPUs belonging to the Intel Haswell and Broadwell processor families in particular must install these microcode updates to ensure system stability. ...
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Intel graphics performance on Loki
The Intel Graphics has some settings you can fine-tune to improve performance or powersavings.
Long story short, if you want the best performance create /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf as root and add ...
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Elementary OS running very slow
You are experiencing lag due to the lack or performance of the laptop. It is old. I am not one to say, throw away a linux flavor because of this, but seeing how graphical Elementary is, you might be ...
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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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Application Windows are flickering when moving , closing and opening
I used to have the same issue, random flickering then after a search I found this. Try doing this commands:
sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
echo -e 'Section "Device"\...
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Elementary OS is unstable when using with a 6th Gen CPU
Running the command sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-wily will upgrade your Kernel to 4.2, which solved many of my issues with Skylake.
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Wireless Using Intel Wireless 7260 Won't Activate (eOS Loki)
Are you using a laptop? Brand?
With my HP Omen and Intel 7260 (no dual-band) I had to blacklist acer_wmi to connect with Wifi.
Create a .conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with
blacklist acer_wmi
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Can't login Fx5200
The problem is that when you installed elementary os it configured x-windows to use your on board graphics card, with the Nvidia connected its still trying to use driver from the on board graphics ...
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Cannot install Intel Graphics UHD 620
Whenever dealing with drivers, you first need to remember that elementary os 5.0 is based on Ubuntu 18.04. With this in mind, you might notice that the repository https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/, ...
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Cannot detect secondary monitor via HDMI, Intel GPU
Have you recently installed updates?
It's always possible there was an issue / conflict in a new package. Installing new updates could help. You could try booting up to live USB and see if the HDMI ...
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Intel Celeron N2840 and Elementary OS 5.0 Juno
Yes elementary OS release-juno will run on your computer.
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elementary OS 5 Juno - No internet via Ethernet - Desktop - Intel I217-V
Resolved
In turns out windows 10 wasn't 'letting go' of my NIC on shutdown, before booting into the Elementary live usb, so elementary couldn't connect to my router.
Switching off my PC by the PSU ...
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Elementary OS hangs when using libreoffice
I've found something interesting that may be related to your issue:
Baytrail complete freeze
If you are using kernel > 3.16 on Baytrail architecture and randomly
encounter total system ...
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Elementary OS hangs when using libreoffice
This also happens on AMD desktops too. I cannot seem to pinpoint it, and it is rather annoying. I don't really have a solution, but try adding these repos to keep up to date with your software.
sudo ...
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How do I install AMD drivers for rx480 card?
Do the following steps to install amdgpu-pro drivers for Radeon RX 480:
1) Download driver https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.50-511655.tar.xz
2) Go to your Downloads directory ...
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No Sound for no reason
I had a similar problem. Sound is very intermittent. Check the link below. It seems to have fixed my sound issue, for now.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS
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Loki OpenGL issue with VMWare Workstation 12.5
Virtual machines aren't well supported on elementary OS, but you should be able to install Intel drivers at least. I'm not sure what errors you received that you couldn't do the install on elementary ...
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How can i switch between Intel and Nvidia Graphics card?
First you need to install the official nvidia drivers:
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Then, after rebooting, you can choose the card to use in the programm "NVIDIA X Server Settings" in the option ...
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Elementary Freya on Skylake CPU + Nvidia card > kernel and graphic drivers question
The kernel has been updated since the last available disk image. It is now 3.19.0-56 (after updating the system). I don't know about NVidia drivers since I have an AMD Radeon, but otherwise I have a ...
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Intel GMA X3100 Driver
There is no "alternative driver" for Intel GPUs. Intel releases their Linux GPU drivers as Free Software and those are installed by default on your system. Your hardware might be simply too outdated ...
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Does intel update their driver for GNU/Linux?
Intel drivers are open source and always the newest in repos.
See the links:
https://01.org/linuxgraphics
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads
Recommended reading:
How do I install the latest ...
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Screen tearing Intel HD 5500
It turns out I just had to restart the computer for it to take effect(of course!).
Type the following into the terminal to get rid of screen tearing for intel CPU/integrated graphics. In this case I ...
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CPU Overload when watching video
If andrew's solution didn't work, make sure that you got your video drivers installed properly, or your system might run in software-rendering mode, because then your video will be rendered via CPU.
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CPU Overload when watching video
open a terminal and the command sudo rmmod intel_powerclamp will remove the powerclamp module from your running system. If that fixes it, you can can enter the following in a terminal
cd /etc/...
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Will Elementary OS 32 bits performs better then 64 bits on Intel Atom N455 processor?
On ark.intel.com your processor only capable handle 2GB memory RAM is useless if you use 64bit OS, since pointers can take up twice as much space on a 64-bit operating system. You should go with 32bit ...
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