Questions tagged as ['drivers']

For questions related to modules, the ones that control and orchestrate how the kernel should communicate with the hardware
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Unable to check processes running on GPU with nvidia-smi, command not found and package not found
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im running on a DJI Manifold 2G (nvidia jetson tx2). However, i cant seem to access any nvidia tools. For instance,the nvidia-smi tool is missing, and i am unable to install it as well.

OS details :

DJI Manifold 2G
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64 bit
7.7 GiB
ARMv8 Processor rev 3 (v8l) × 4 ARMv8 Processor rev 0 (v8l) × 2 
NVIDIA Tegra X2 (nvgpu)/integrated 
nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found

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Ubuntu performance issues, slow and laggy
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laptop specs:

  • processor: 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor
  • graphics card: RTX 2060
  • 16GB of ram
  • Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

I am running the proprietary and tested the driver from Nvidia. (the recommended driver)

I checked the system monitor and see nothing out of the ordinary (i think) but I can't open it when my laptop freezes ofc

and with laggy I mean sometimes I have to wait 3 minutes  ...

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Another , Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 ethernet controller post
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Ubuntu 21.10

uname -r

5.13.0-21-generic

tail -f /var/log/syslog

alx 0000:04:00.0 enp4s0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
alx 0000:04:00.0 enp4s0: fatal interrupt 0x200, resetting
..
alx 0000:04:00.0 enp4s0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
alx 0000:04:00.0 enp4s0: fatal interrupt 0x200, resetting¿

i try backports and nothing good happen (off 3.x.x to 5.x.x) https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/ ...

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How do I set up two monitors to work with nvidia geforce 750Ti?
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I have NVIDIA Geforce 750Ti installed as my primary graphics card, as I have two VGA monitors I have connected the primary monitor to the graphics card and secondary monitor to the motherboard. So in my graphics settings, the primary monitor is correctly displaying its information whereas in the secondary monitor it doesn't. The resolution for the second monitor doesn't show the option for 1336x768.

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Searching for Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries Device b844 (rev 02) driver
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I've got an A10Networks Thunder TPS 4435 Network Appliance with 16 SFP+ Ports that are connected to one Broadcom network chip. In the original software, the interfaces are detected. But I've removed it from the disk so I can't check which driver it uses for the NIC.

I'm running Ubuntu 20.04

This is the lspci output:

0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries Device b844 (rev 02)
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Nvidia-340 legacy driver for GeForce 210 graphics card (Ubuntu 21.04)
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I have installed the legacy driver Nvidia-340 for my old GeForce 210 graphics card and I got this error during installation:

dpkg error version '-' has bad syntax revision number is empty
dpkg error version '-' has bad syntax revision number is empty

The installation was completed, but after reboot the system, the screen is black with no cursor.

The kernel is 5.11.0-40-generic.

Thanks,

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Black screen flickering on Ubuntu 20.04
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I have just installed ubuntu 20.04 on my machine. Specs are as follows:

i7 6700k
32GB ram
1TB NVME SSD
256GB Sata SSD
MSI Radeon RX580 8G
4K Samsung Screen

I keep having the screen go to black and then show the desktop again. It will flicker to black 2 or 3 times, then be fine for about a minute, and do the same.

I am dual booting windows currently, and on windows it runs 100% fine. So I thought, driver  ...

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How to prevent ubuntu updates wiping my custom kernel modules?
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I am using ubuntu server 20 LTS for an IoT application. I have a few custom kernel modules that I have installed and work fine, however whenever ubuntu does updates on boot they are wiped as if they never existed.

One option would be to disable automatic updates. However I am not sure how robust that disablement method is and whether it will be eventually be insufficient for a certain type of unk ...

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Kubuntu wont start
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A B

Some time ago I plugged a second Graphic Card to try passthrough to a VM.

I forgot it inside my system because I never finished my tests and recently I try to remove it but the system didn't start any more.

I found several articles about that issue but with different folder structures and solution that could damage my system. I can not afford to let something like that to happen right now.

I am kind of ...

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Neither Ethernet nor WiFi adapter working on Lenovo Thinkpad P14s under Ubuntu 2x.04
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I have recently received my new computer, a Lenovo Thinkpad P14s notebook. According to the datasheet, it comes with a Realtek RTL8852AE (WiFi-6, 802.11ax, 2x2 Dual Band) WiFi adapter and a standard RJ45 ethernet port.

After installing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, however, no WiFi was available at all. I did some research in the web and found suggestions to install Ubuntu 21.04 instead. However, this did no ...

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WiFi option not available and WiFi card not detected in dual boot Ubuntu 20.04
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I'm a complete newbie in the world of Linux. It was yesterday I tried to dual boot Ubuntu 20.04 alongside my Windows 10, where the installation was smooth and I was able to switch between Windows and Ubuntu quite easily.
But then I ran into a problem. As you can see below, I have no option of WiFi available, so I tried looking into settings, to find the option of Wireless connections.

Photo 1

But again, I run in ...

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Internal Webcam (Macbook Pro 2017) not detected in Ubuntu 20.04
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So I decided to start using Ubuntu (Version 20.04) on my Macbook Pro one day, all was well until I tried to take a picture from my internal camera through Cheese.

The Cheese window is just a blank screen that says: 'No device found' And on any other video recording device that should have access to the camera shows a blank screen with no Input Capture from the camera.

I tried installing the Facetime ...

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Radeon 4550 video card not detecting second monitor
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On Ubuntu 20.04 with KDE installed on top.

It's a bit of a complicated setup, so please bear with me.

Primary video card: Radeon 5450 --> 1 VGA monitor, 1 DVI monitor (both working perfectly)

Secondary video card: Radeon 4550 --> 2 VGA monitors (one works perfectly, the other problematic and not working)

Tertiary video card: Radeon 4550 --> 2 VGA monitors (one works perfectly, the other not ...
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Wifi (Intel Wireless AC 8260) only works when ethernet ist plugged in
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A strange problem. Wifi only seems to work, when I boot Ubuntu with the ethernet cable plugged in. When the cable is not plugged in, Ubuntu behaves like there is no physical Wifi card/module.

This boot-with-ethernet-cable procedure doesn't work, when the cable isn't connected to a router/network on the other end.

After booting, the ethernet cable can be unplugged and Wifi continues to work just fine ...

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I cannot use my wifi and i cannot view my Qualcom driver in the software and updates
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In the network settings, the driver isn't visible at all. I have tried many other solutions for different drivers but nothing works.

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Integrated camera detected but displaying black on Ubuntu 21 04
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I have Ubuntu 21 04 installed on a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2i and my integrated camera stopped working. It is detected but just showing black.

My kernel version is:

5.11.0-40-generic

My integrated camera is displayed in the output of lshw:

              *-usb:2       
                   description: Video
                   product: Integrated Camera
                   vendor: Azurewave
               ...
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Switched driver, lost monitor
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When running mpi programs I got a message saying: "Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key"

I switched to the X.Org driver and the message disappeared.

I switched back to NVidia 470 (the one I had before) and the message disappeared but I lost the connection to my external monitor.

Upon switching back to NVidia I was asked for a secure boot password. When restarting the system (in the MOK window) I choose to co ...

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How can I install the driver for rtl8192eu USB 2.0?
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I am using ubuntu-21.10-desktop-amd64

Please note that I don't have any networking capability at all in Linux.

So for example, to install anything I need to use Windows 10 to download the archive etc.

In order for the network to appear, you need to install the modem USB driver!

I downloaded the driver from here: https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver

I tried to execute the commands that I did in ...

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Daniel Harper avatar
Failure to load modules and drivers in Ubuntu 20.04
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I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 and MATLAB 2021b. In the middle of running a script, MATLAB crashes (there is nothing wrong with the script as it works perfectly fine in my MATLAB on Windows).

When I type ./matlab in the terminal, I receive these messages.

MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering.
Gtk-Message: 08:28:19.310: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
MESA-LOADER: failed to o ...
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How do I get the wifi on my computer to work?
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The wifi on my MSI PS42 laptop stopped working after an Ubuntu Base update. Only ethernet functions at present. Problem has not fixed itself after updating from 21.04 to 21.10.

Looked into additional drivers in software & updates to check for drivers, none are available.

Network card model is Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP CNVi

sudo modprobe iwlwifi && sudo dmesg | grep iwl

[    2.691 ...
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Force nvidia-driver-450 without 460
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Because of this bug I would like to install an nvidia driver version < 460 on my ubuntu 18.04. But whenever I try to install it via

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-450

(also with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa before) it always wants to install nvidia-driver-460.

Installing via the .run file from the nvidia website I ran into some kernel module errors.

How can I force to instal ...

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Gi Na avatar
failing ASMedia ASM1153 on USB 3.0
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I have a problem accessing an external drive connected with ASMedia ASM1153 USB 3.0 3 Gb/s to SATA adapter (bridge) on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. The external drive is not stable when connected to an USB3 port. I have two cables (i.e. USB-SATA bridges), one of which works perfectly on both USB3 and USB2, and another that works perfectly on USB2 but fails on USB3. In particular, an external drive connect ...

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Troubleshooting Wirelss Realtek 802.11AC USB Ubuntu 20.04
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This is a wireless device that until about a week ago, worked quite well. I installed an rmm monitor for Italian, and something in that script appears to have killed my wireless. I know it was that script since I was watching the output of the script, and the wireless adapter with its little blue light is at eye level. Luckily I have a Wifi extender with an Ethernet port that works, but not the greatest ...

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How do I fix my Nvidia GPU having screen tearing when scrolling vertically in any web browser?
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  • I'm using Ubuntu 21.10
  • I have an nVidia GPU (GTX 1060 6GB)
  • I am using the 470 NVidia drivers from within Ubuntu

I've tried the answer in: Screen tearing when scrolling and in games

but the config for me always fails to save (even when ran as sudo), seems permissions based.

Does Ubuntu support hardware acceleration in web browsers like Brave and Firefox?

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RZ608 MT7921K Wireless LAN Driver is not supported on ubuntu 18.04
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I Have full amd laptop and and i have RZ608 (MT7921K) and ubuntu does not find the module so the driver is missing. I tried to find a driver and only solution show up was updating kernel to 5.14+. I updated but still had the same issue. Additionally, in MediaTek i only saw upto MT7921 supported by kernel version 5.12+ not MT7921K so where can i find a driver for this module. Any help is appreciated.

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Sabbin avatar
Upgrade Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.04.x
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I've got a new graphic card from AMD - RX6900 - and currently having trouble with the drivers.

After taking a look over the AMD official driver support here, I see that the drivers are available for 20.04.1 20.04.2 and 20.04.3.

Currently I'm running on 20.04, no driver is working for this version unfortunately.

I tried to upgrade from Software Updater - but I get only 20.10 which I don't want. Also tr ...

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Danny avatar
Installed Ubuntu about 2 months ago, never had sound issues til just a few days ago, sound will stutter and audio sounds degraded when playing music
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Ok first things first, so I decided to switch to Unbuntu from windows, I wiped the drive and installed Ubuntu 20.4LTS. For the first week or so everything was good but then all of a sudden I noticed that when playing video there was screen tearing and screen tearing when scrolling through web pages. So I did some research and realized that I was using Ubuntu's built in third party video graphics driver  ...

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TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Plus driver for Ubuntu 20.04
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I am looking for a driver for the TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Plus, on Uubuntu 20.04 (kernel version 5.11.0-40-generic).

$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 2357:0120 TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter

$ inxi -N | grep "TP-Link"
  Device-2: TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: usb-network

I installed a driver and it worked for the first time, when I opened the coputer today, the adaptater doesn't give  ...

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Touchpad not working Asus n551jm - Ubuntu 20.04
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This is my first post and is my first time using Ubuntu, so I apologize if I ask something obvious.

I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 and everthing works fine but my touchpad is not responsive. If I use Windows it works ok, so I am sure that this is not an hardware issue.

These are the info I get when I try to run cat /proc/bus/input/devices:

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0012 Version=0000
N: Name="Foca ...
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Wireless Intel 7260 disabled on Ubuntu 20.04
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I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my DELL 7240 and my WiFi adapter (Intel 7260) seems to be disabled.

I have tried different ways to enable it:

Edited the following file: sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf adding options iwlwifi 11n_disable=8, and then added also options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1. However, it didn't work after rebooting.

Continuing on reading from other posts, I have tried sudo ...