Questions tagged [peripherals]
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diagnose effect of USB device plugged in during startup
I have a PS/2 adaptor with a retro mouse and keyboard connected and Debian 12 is doing something different when it is booted up with or without that plugged into a USB port.
Either way, the keyboard ...
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Change bluetooth peripheral's broadcast name on peripheral, not just alias on computer
I have three Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint Keyboard IIs. I would like to change the names that these three devices broadcast to the computers around them so that I know which one is which from the list ...
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Mouse Scrolling "deadzone" in Ubuntu, Debian
Apologies if this is a redundant post - I haven't found one specific name for the issue, nor one post describing the same triggers to the problem or solutions that work on my end.
Symptoms: any mouse ...
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Plugging in an external DVD drive causes ls, sudo, new SSH connections refused.... what happened?
Title says it all. But I plugged in an external DVD drive into my Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. It says its Linux compatible
However when I actually plug it into the device. Everything goes wrong in ...
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Switch buttons on only the left-handed mouse (input devices)
I've got two Logitech M650 Mice hooked to by Debian 12 Gnome 44 Machine. One is a "Left-Handed" mouse. I would like to swap the buttons on just the left mouse so that I can use my index ...
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My Thunderbolt4 port is not working, how to verify that this is a hardware or OS problem?
I am using Fedora 38 on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4. Kernel version is 6.3.11. It seems that my Thunderbolt 4 ports are powered on, but whatever I plug to them I get no output. Is there any way to verify ...
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Which component of the Linux (OS) stack handle BT speakers and smartwatches?
I reverse engineered Bluetooth interfaces of the UE Boom 3 speaker and Pebble 2 smartwatch, documented them and made Python scripts to use all the same features of their official iOS apps. I could ...
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WiFi, Ethernet, USB and HDMI not working after update Ubuntu 22.04 on Lenovo ideapad 510-15ikb
Yesterday night (16 feb 2023) my Ubuntu autoupdated some packages and after restart, most of my periperals are not working anymore. HDMI port, ethernet and wifi do not work at all, USB ports did not ...
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Two Mice Invert Click Of One Mouse Debian Bullseye
I have two Logitech M650 mice connected to my Debian Bullseye machine running Gnome and SID repos. I would like to invert the click buttons on just one of the mice. They are both connected to ...
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How to make a KVM (built into the monitor) connection work , using a DisplayPort/Usb-C cable connected to a thinkpad dock
In this setup, the other device connected to the KVM works well with HDMI + Usb-B connection. Video signal, mouse and keyboard are ok.
But on the other side, I have an Thinkpad T470S with Linux 5.16 ...
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Is it possible to partially virtualize the physical address space?
I'm currently working on systems that include FPGAs. We've various IP cores that support the AXI-Bus. To communicate with the IP cores of PL (programable logic), we need to map them onto the address ...
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Cannot scroll while moving mouse in Ubuntu VirtualBox guest
Applications in Ubuntu, such as Chromium or the GNOME Terminal, are not responsive to mouse wheel scroll events when moving the mouse cursor at the same time. I am running Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS as guest ...
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Bluetooth Keyboard not functioning properly Arch Linux
I recently bought a Bluetooth keyboard (when I still had Windows) and then decided to upgrade my laptop HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-aq055na to Arch Linux (KDE Plasma if that helps). Everything is ...
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Linux, at what point a device can write to the main memory through DMA?
I am trying to figure out how and when Linux gives the permission to perform direct memory access (DMA) to the peripheral devices on PCIe. I have read how DMA is initiated in the kernel's "DMA ...
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Configure connection to 2nd monitor on dual boot menu
I have my laptop "docked" (meaning, the lid is closed, so the laptop's monitor and keyboard are inaccessible) in a stand and am currently using 2 monitors and an external keyboard.
Would I be able to ...