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Ubuntu 22.04.4 getting freezed after resuming from Suspended
I have a Dell Latitude 5500, it works perfectly fine with Windows. But on installing Ubuntu, it started freezing unexpectedly. A common pattern I observed is on resuming it from the Suspended state. I'...
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HP EliteBook 2540p - Firmware Update Assistance for Integrated Module and Hard Drive
I'm seeking assistance with updating firmware on my HP EliteBook 2540p running Ubuntu 22.04
Hardware Information:
HP Integrated Module:
Device ID: c0170efdf195b8590000fa21474253c0d97e7335
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HP Pavilion Ubuntu installation BIOS problem
I'm trying to install Ubuntu LTS on my new HP Pavilion laptop and getting these errors:
Detailed explanation:
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my newly purchased HP Pavilion which came out of the box ...
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Slow laptop and missing firmwares
I have installed Xbuntu on my laptop and it's very slow at times. I suspect that I don't have the correct drivers for both my GPU and my wifi NIC since it's getting incredibly slow when I'm on the ...
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Wi-Fi not working on Ubuntu 23.04 Acer Swift 14
Ubuntu does not recognize my Wi-Fi adapter on a newly purchased notebook. I am trying to fix this issue for hours now and came along dozens of similar issues, but non seems to solve my problem. Wi-Fi ...
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Error missing amdgpu firmware
My laptop has ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics and has an AMD Turion65 processor but apparently incorrect amdgpu drivers are installed. How do I remove them and install the correct drivers?
This is a ...
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How to load missing firmwares?
So I was working with ubuntu 22.04 LTS and decided to update the kernel. The upgrade completed too but while the process was being done I found this message:
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/...
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Lenovo T440S wireless not enabled in ubuntu 20.04
recently I upgraded Ubuntu from version 18.xx to 20.xx, with the surprise that wireless and sound are not available.
Below is show the details:
ID
$ uname -a; dkms status
Linux ac-ThinkPad-T440s 5.4....
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Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210 on Live Ubuntu 20.04
on my notebook, I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 and after fixing the WiFi issue that persists with the Intel Wi-Fi AX210 (according to this answer), everything works fine on the network side.
However, I ...
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Issues with iwlwifi drivers on fresh 20.04 install
I recently got a Thinkpad P14s, since I saw it was Ubuntu Certified hardware. Install of 20.04 went fine, but I do not seem to have a wifi option in network settings. Following some other posts I have ...
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Copying all firmware files from GitHub repository kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware to /lib/firmware
I copied the whole content of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git to the /lib/firmware folder of my system.
I do not face any issues and it fixed the missing ...
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How to set parity/stop bits on Keyspan (or other) usb-to-serial / RS232 converter? (stty doesn't work)
I have two different usb-to-serial adapters, a Keyspan USA-19HS and a Plugable usb serial converter. Plugging either in to my Ubuntu 20.10 Lenovo X1 laptop results in a /dev/ttyUSB0 being created that ...
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What are firmware blobs (from linux-firmware) exactly?
According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Linux_firmware,
Linux firmware is a package distributed alongside the Linux kernel
that contains firmware binary blobs necessary for partial or full
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iwlwifi fails occasionally with "Hardware error", "Queue stuck" and "Microcode SW error"
I have Ubuntu 18.04 (kernel: 5.4.0-53-generic) installed on my laptop with Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 9462, REV=0x354 as its wireless card. Sometimes I notice my wifi acting strangely with ...
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Driver suggestion for AMD Ryzen 5 3550H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
Graphics:
Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/560]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:67ef
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [...
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Is there a limit on the number of MOKs we can write to firmware?
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, PLEASE DO GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS
After installing Ubuntu, if we install a graphics driver for dedicated graphics card then we need to enroll a MOK to the firmware. As far as I ...
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Dell XPS 13 9365 can't activate bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04
All efforts to switch on bluetooth are failed. No any traces of bluetooth adapter could be found:
lsusb produces:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID ...
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Trouble with Ubunutu 18.04 wifi connection on Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (gen 7), Intel AC-9560
I am a very new Ubuntu user, and I'm having a bit of trouble with my wifi card. Here's my setup: I have a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 on a 7th generation Thinkpad X1 Carbon. When I first ...
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How can I activate wifi on BCM4364 using brcmfac driver & firmware?
I am running Ubuntu on a Mac Mini 8,1.
"No WiFi Adapter Found"
I started on 20.04 and only upgraded to get the latest Linux firmware in the hope of getting the wifi working. I also updated ...
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Wifi adapter sometimes not detected!
I am using Kubuntu 20.04 alongside Windows 10. About 40% of the time I boot into Kubuntu, it doesn't detect a wifi adapter and I have to reboot. After reboot it detects the adapter. If I boot another ...
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Sound card stopped getting detected after ran out of battery
My laptop ran out of battery. I plugged it and boot it up again but the audio card is not getting detected anymore after boot.
The only sound output listed is a dummy output.
Already tried ...
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Intel WiFi 6 AX200 not working on Ubuntu 16.04
According to Intel, Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz device is only guaranteed to work with the kernel version 5.1+. (For your information, it works on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS with kernel version 5.3.0-28.)
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How do I get past the boot error: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,...?
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit installed (via dual boot) on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000.
Every time I try to boot into Ubuntu, this error comes up, and I'm driven into emergency mode.
The error
This ...
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Intel AC 9560 not working
So I got a new PC(L13 yoga with Intel AC9560) and I want to install Linux. More specific Ubuntu and for some reason the wifi adapter does not work. In the settings it says it is not found and in the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 BCM43142A0 bluetooth problem [duplicate]
I have a problem with Bluetooth on my Laptop. It seems to get stuck on searching for devices.
I looked through AskUbuntu already and found a few great, detailed solutions, but I don't know what ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 intel wireless ac 9260 "This device is not working" under additional drivers, but wifi is working
I just did a fresh 18.04 install. Now my wifi isn't recognized for some reason, but I'm using wifi right now. I'm not sure what this means here's a screenshot of it.
I tried some possible solutions ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 with Intel 10th Gen Graphics - Can't Change Color Profiles
I got a new laptop a few days ago, a Dell Inspiron 15 3000. In my country, you can't get the developer edition (with Ubuntu preinstalled), so I settled for the one with Windows 10. I swiftly installed ...
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Install Intel Wifi AX200 [duplicate]
I have a Intel Wifi AX200 as far as I can tell. I have seen more topics about this but I'm not really sure what to do.
On this page:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/...
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19.10 5ghz speed slow compared to dual boot windows
I am running dual boot ubuntu 19.10 and windows 10 pro. When I'm connected to my home internet(500mbits up and down) via 5ghz, I am getting the following results:
Retrieving speedtest.net server list....
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No internet after messing up with tasksel
I'll try to make it as tl;dr as possible
I got a brand new Dell XPS 9380 with fresh ubuntu-mate 18.04 from the IT guy in my job.
I wasn't sure about mate so I tried different environments with ...
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Bluetooth Firmware Problem
I got ubuntu 16.04 and my Bluetooth is not working.
I will give you the steps I have done so far.
1)$ lsusb | grep Blue
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0
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Is it generally safe to install the `linux-firmware` and `*-microcode` packages on older Ubuntu versions?
I'm an Ubuntu LTS user. In the past, I needed to manually install the linux-firmware package of a newer Ubuntu version, Cosmic, on my system, Xenial, for it to work correctly.
Now, I wonder: are the ...
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Huawei Matebook HZ-W19 Wirelesscard Driver BCM 4356
I'm using Ubuntu on my Huawei Matebook HZ-W19.
My wireless card (BCM 4356) doesn't work with the latest version of linux-firmware (1.173.3) but works with version 1.156. Howerver, with this last one, ...
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XPS 9550 Bluetooth Firmware Load Failed
I'm wondering if someone can explain why this happened -- I've already figured out the fix, but I'm still curious.
I tried to pair my MX Master with my Dell 9550 and it failed. When I ran grep -i ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 cannot recognize Intel Wireless-AC 9260
I just install Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday, and it seems like Ubuntu cannot detect wifi adapter. The card is working on Windows, so it should not be a problem. I also have the same firmware as the one ...
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help! W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9
I would like to know what this means and how it can be solved. I ran the following lines:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Ath10k and QCA6174 causing PCIe errors, firmware crashes, and connection drops?
I recently (re)installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Razer Blade Pro (2017). My wireless card is performing extremely poorly, and frequently dropping connection. Inspecting dmesg for Atheros messages yields ...
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ath10k firmware issues
It looks like many people have firmware issues with Qualcomm Atheros devices on Ubuntu. I'm one of them. It used to work, then the power reset on my router, and now it doesn't. The output of the ...
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Update of /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-8000C-34.ucode by simple copy is not working [closed]
I have troubles on some wifi networks and the users with the same wifi adapter (Intel 8260), different OS (Fedora), higher version of firmware don't have the problem.
So I try to rename firmware from ...
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How to make 802.11ad wireless work using wil6210 driver
I have a laptop with 802.11ad hardware (Wilocity wil6200 802.11ad wireless network adapter). I have also installed Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS version on it. It has driver wil6210 designed to manage the ...
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How to permanently disable attempts to install Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs updates? [duplicate]
I do not want to install Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs updates even by accident (I am more than willing to take the security risk). How to disable it being offered in Software Update and ...
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How can I uninstall my Bluetooth driver 16.04? I installed it using hex2hcd method
I installed my Bluetooth driver with the best answer to this question Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 isn't working but after I installed my Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 firmware using hex2hcd method to ...
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Some bluetooth devices not found
I just installed Ubuntu 16.04, so far I've only had this problem.
Bluetooth is working; in fact, my BT headphones are connected and working properly.
My BT mouse is not found, I just get "searching ...
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How do I configure FUJI XEROX DocuCentre-IV C2275 properly? (Test Page printout failed)
Ubuntu 16.04 successfully found the 'FUJI XEROX DocuCentre-IV C2275' network printer and successfully initiated a Test Page printout. However, the printout was gibberish and was more than a dozen ...
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How to load iwlwifi driver? [closed]
My Linux system can't detect my wireless driver, so I have to load it manually.
I know what my driver is and tried this method:
Installation of the firmware is simply:
% cp iwlwifi-7260-14.ucode /...
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Wifi problem, could not fetch firmware file, Ubuntu 14.04 with Qualcomm Atheros Device (rev 31)
I went through countless tutorials and similar questions in an attempt to solve this issue, but I still am unable to get wifi working, so I decided to post a new question.
I dual booted my Windows ...
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Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS this afternoon. Previously I mainly used Linux Mint. I've tried other Ubuntu/Debian variants and Manjaro, including Ubuntu itself. Ubuntu was my first intro into Linux, ...
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Hauppauge WinTV Ministick doesn't work on 16.04.3
My Hauppauge WinTV Ministick doesn't work on 16.04.3.
As the linux-firmware-nonfree isn't supported anymore, I installed the driver myself in /lib/firmware.
I found the file sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02....
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No WiFi / Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Missing Drivers/ Firmware] Ubuntu 16.04.2
First an foremost: I am a absolute Linux beginner, so have mercy if my problem seems easy to you.
My Brother gave me his old T420, so I decided to learn Linux and install Ubuntu on it. Unfortunately I ...
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Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 - Slower in Ubuntu than in Windows
I have had two different machines now using the same WiFi chip, the Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174. When I used it via 802.11n (2.4 GHz) connection, it tended to entirely lose its connection from time to ...
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