Questions tagged [usb]
USB is an acronym for Universal Serial Bus. The current USB standard is USB 3.0, which supports transfer speeds of up to 625 MB/s. USB devices are plug-and-play.
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Can't format Ubuntu installation stick
I've made an USB installer stick from Windows with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS , now I'm trying to format it from Ubuntu. When I try to format I get this error :
This partition cannot be modified because it ...
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How do you reset a USB device from the command line?
Is it possible to reset the connection of a USB device, without physically disconnecting/connecting from the PC?
Specifically, my device is a digital camera. I'm using gphoto2, but lately I get "...
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How to burn a Windows .iso to a USB device? [duplicate]
I want to burn a Windows ISO to a USB device in Ubuntu. How do I do this?
I know how to burn a Ubuntu ISO into a USB device, but with a Windows ISO it's not the same.
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Detect and mount devices
I upgraded Ubuntu today and everything works smooth except that Ubuntu doesn't detect any other storage devices. My / and /home partitions work fine, but my other partitions are just not detected. I ...
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How to format a USB or external drive?
Using Ubuntu 11.10, how do I format an external or USB drive?
I don't find an option to 'format' when I right click. In the new version, the drives don't come up on the desktop, but instead come on ...
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USB devices showing as read only
I am using Ubuntu 14.04.
I have an 8gb FAT32 USB stick and a 500gb FAT32 HDD; both of these have suddenly become read only devices.
I've tried deleting the directory inside /media and then creating ...
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Unable to delete USB Drive partitions (Block size error)
I have been unable to format/delete the partitions on my Sandisk Cruzer Force 32 GB USB Drive. I get the following error when deleting any of the partitions on it.
`Error deleting partition /dev/sdd2:...
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How to set up USB for Virtualbox?
I'm using Ubuntu Maverick and Virtual Box 3+. I have Windows 7 Ultimate. The problem is that it doesn't detect USB drives in Windows 7, but USB peripherals (mouse + keybord) are working.
I followed ...
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USB turn write protection off
I have a USB which is write protected:
dmesg | tail
[10098.126089] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is on
[10098.126098] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 80 00
[10098.126779] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] No ...
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How do I find out whether my system has USB 3.0 ports?
I want to buy an external USB 3.0 drive and I wonder how to figure out whether my laptop has such a port (or only 2.0).
Neither lsusb -v, nor /proc/bus/input/devices offers any obvious hints, ...
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How to disable built-in Wi-Fi and use only USB Wi-Fi card?
The built-in Wi-Fi card in my laptop (Dell XPS M1330) is crap, pretty much. I have an Asus USB Wi-Fi card, which is significantly better and works fine.
What I'd like to do is disable the built-in Wi-...
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How do I allow non-root access to /ttyUSB0?
Since I updated from Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) to Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), I am unable to access the device connected in /ttyUSB0 if I don't have root access.
To be more specific, I use a USB-...
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System freezes/unresponsive/unusable when copying large file to USB
Yesterday I was copying a single, 8 GB file to a USB with a slow, 7 MB/s write speed, while my RAM is 3 GB. While copying the system froze, to the point where I couldn't even move the cursor.
I ...
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Copy to USB memory stick really slow?
When I copy files to the USB device, it takes much longer than in windows (same usb device, same port) it's faster than USB 1.0 speeds (1MB/s) but much slower than USB 2.0 speeds (12MB/s). To copy 1....
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How do I allow a non-default user to use serial device ttyUSB0?
I have an Ubuntu 11.10 system with 2 users:
The first was created during the installation
The second instead was created after. It belongs to the sudoers group.
Now the problem is that when the ...
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Missing parameter in configuration file. Keyword: path
Im trying to boot ubuntu 14.10-server-i386 in a pendrive.
But im getting this error when boot from pendrive.
Missing parameter in configuration file. Keyword: path
What does it mean? How to ...
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How to disable automount in nautilus's preferences
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 (64 bits) and I do not want to mount automatically USB thumb drives in my system. I tried the command dconf-editor and gconf-editor but there isn't the icon to disable it in ...
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How do I know the device path to an USB-stick?
I have a USB-stick (used as an installation medium). Now I need to install a driver from a restricted folder on that device). But how do I get the device path to my USB-stick (e.g. /dev/sda3 so I can ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - "Unhandled error message: The name 1.1001 was not provided by any .service file" when trying to mount Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro via USB
When I try to mount my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro on my Ubuntu 20.04 via USB, I get "Unhandled error message: The name :1.1001 was not provided by any .service files" from Nautilus. It fails to ...
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How to connect MTP devices via USB?
How does one connect an MTP device to Ubuntu via USB? Many popular devices, such as all Android 4.0 phone, have only MTP or PTP as a connection option, no USB mass storage anymore.
Considering the ...
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How to run a script when a specific flash-drive is mounted?
Is there a way to run a script when a particular USB device is mounted?
I keep my videos on a separate USB and would like to run a script that would mount the video folder on the USB device to the ...
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Failed to get canonical path of /cow
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 for quite some time, and passing hurdles one by one. Now I am in a situation as follows.
I have got a PC and 10 GB HDD which will be totally dedicated to Ubuntu so ...
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Convert bootable USB to ISO file
My laptop comes with a program called "Acer Recovery Management", which allows you to make a bootable recovery USB stick, from which you can boot to recover the computer to its original state.
Now, ...
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Does Ubuntu support USB 3.0?
I have a Western Digital My Book 3.0 - 1 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, and I wanted to know if it would work on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
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How to edit label of USB drive?
How to edit label of USB drive easily without formatting it? I tried right clicking the device and go to the properties but cannot find anything to edit.
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/dev/ttyUSB0 not present in Ubuntu 22.04
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 and it broke support for CH340 USB to serial adapter based devices. (support was native in 20.04) When I do /$ ls /dev there is no ttyUSB0 entry in the list.
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Wake up from suspend using USB device
I was looking for hours, maybe more, for a solution and i just found it. I want to share it with everyone. This way it will be easier googling this problem to find the solution faster. So, just like ...
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How to detect an USB device?
I got a scenario, where a software works only when you insert the USB device provided by the software vendor in windows operating system. Im trying to find the content stored in the USB device. In ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 final not booting from stick: gfxboot.c32: not a COM32R image [duplicate]
The brand new 16.04 final does not boot from USB stick:
Missing parameter in configuration file. Keyword: path
gfxboot.c32: not a COM32R image
boot :
I made a boot stick with Startup Disk Creator on ...
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Mount can't find device in /etc/fstab
It is my second day on Linux. I am having difficulties mounting an USB drive. It shows this error:
mount: can't find /dev/sdb1/mnt in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
How can I get rid of this error?
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How do I use Unetbootin to make a bootable Windows USB installer?
it says missing bootmngr or something like that. I'm on ubuntu 12.04 or whatever, the newest one using the gparted to format to NTSC and then unetbootin to install the bootloader, and the iso, then ...
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Ubuntu doesn't recognize Android devices anymore
Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't recognize any of my Android devices anymore. (Tried with the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus)
I thought this was an MTP or ADB-problem, but connecting / disconnecting the devices doesn'...
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How do I mount my Android phone?
I'm puzzled because my phone used to just appear when I plugged it in. It doesn't anymore and The development options are definitely set to allow USB debugging. The phone is charging via USB but doesn'...
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Connecting Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich / Jelly Bean / KitKat) phone
I'm using the US Model 16GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 (I747), however, I cannot mount it to my laptop from some reason. I have tried using both FTP and MTP connections, but neither work.
What ...
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Can't boot without Flash Drive plugged in
I had Ubuntu 12.04 Beta installed on my computer. When 12.04 was finally released, I made a bootable USB Flash Drive using Startup Disk Creator.
Then I decided to check if this drive works properly ...
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How do I connect a Nexus 7 to transfer files? [duplicate]
I want to move some files from my PC to Nexus 7. The tablet is connected to my PC's USB port and it is successfully charging. Unfortunately, the PC is not detecting the devices - what I expected is to ...
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How do I burn the Windows 10 ISO to a USB?
I did the dd method and it wrote the iso to the USB drive, but I'm not sure that's all I have to do because it is Windows and may not have GRUB and I'm not sure so I'm asking the experts.
winusb ...
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Why does deleting a file on a USB stick not free up space?
I have an HP pen-drive that has 16GB space. If I add a file to it, and then I delete that file, the free space of that deleted file doesn't get applied. The only way I've found to see that space as ...
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Unable to open /dev/sdb read-write (Read-only file system)
As in the title, I'm unable to format it as it says read-only. I've tried couple of searches and the solutions too. Even I tried GParted to see I have any luck. Unfortunately below is what I get.
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How to distinguish between identical USB-to-serial adapters?
I use a number of identical USB-to-serial adapters with my laptop (Ubuntu 9.10). The adapters are manufactured by Sabrent and are built around a Prolific PL2303 IC, as shown by lsusb:
Bus 001 Device ...
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TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano driver for Ubuntu 18.04
I am looking for a driver for the TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano, on Kubuntu 18.04 (kernel version 4.15.0-51-generic).
$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 2357:011e TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter
$ inxi -N |...
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How to disable auto power off of usb devices like usb mouse?
I don't know how , but somehow automatic power-off of usb devices got accidentally enabled. Now my usb mouse goes off even if it's idle for 2-3 seconds. It's really irritating.
This happened after I ...
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How can I mount my iPhone 6s on Ubuntu 16.04?
I'm new to Ubuntu, and I don't know how to mount my iPhone.
I would like to download iTunes, but I saw that USB doesn't work, but I just need to access to all my files and APP because would like to ...
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Why is the error, dd: /dev/rdisk1bs=1m: Operation not supported, popping up while trying to instal ubuntu on usb?
I am trying to install ubuntu onto my flash drive using the instructions from this website: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx.
After step 8, the terminal asks for my ...
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USB slots stop working suddenly from time to time
After re-installing Lubuntu 12.04 system on my laptop an older problem re-emerged after a few days and installation of different programs: without apparent reason the external mouse and sometimes ...
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How to copy existing movie files on ipad to watch?
I have an iPad and a desktop running Ubuntu 12.04 with lots of movie files of various formats (avi, mp4, m4v, etc).
Is it possible to transfer those files from within linux directly to the iPad (...
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How to Create a Full Install of Ubuntu 20.04 to USB Device Step by Step
Every issue of Ubuntu LTS since 8.04, I have made a Full install of Ubuntu to USB flash drive, and recorded each step..
This has been intended to make a guide/check list for users wishing to create ...
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Automounted USB devices are read only
Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 the automout of USB devices does not work as expected. When I plug in a storage device it is recognized correctly but I do not have write privileges on it. I thought, ...
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How do I find out USB Speed from a terminal?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 . I am here to know is there any way to observe Writing & Reading Speed of the USB through the terminal .
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How to permanently assign a different keyboard layout to a USB keyboard?
I often plugin a USB keyboard to my laptop (in addition to external monitor and mouse, which all virtually convert my laptop to a desktop computer) and I prefer using a different keyboard layout then.
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