Questions tagged [linux-device-driver]
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Why does Windows need to "get devices ready"?
When moving a disk containing Windows to another computer, it always takes a long time on first boot with a screen like this:
On Linux there is no such thing. The drivers are part of Linux kernel, ...
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How can I understand the device topology?
I am having trouble understanding the device-model and PCIe topology on my system. I've listed the output I've been looking at and attempted to explain my mental-model of what's there in hopes it ...
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No input driver specified, ignoring this device
I am trying to connect my virtual gamepad device to Linux. However, opening running the console app I get the message
No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
This device may have been added ...
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How does newer Linux kernels load non-removable hardware device drivers during boot?
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Multiple device drivers (specified in the device tree) are not loading during boot. All built in drivers get loaded with no issue. The drivers successfully load and function if modprobe is ...
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Converting Linux driver for SPI device to run on USB-to-SPI bridge
I have a Holt HI-3110 chip that implements a CAN bus interface that is run over an SPI host interface. A driver for the chip is in the Linux mainline (in /drivers/net/can/spi). I'm targeting a host ...
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Unable to install TP Link TL-WN823N wireless adapter in Kali Linux
I have been trying to install TP Link TL-WN823N wireless adapter in Kali Linux VM for the last couple of days and still I'm nowhere.
I have done:
apt-get update,
apt-get upgrade.
Installed all ...
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ethernet interface on Linux drops packets
I'm trying to capture some Ethernet frames with Linux. Some of these packets/frames are invalid and contain corrupted data.
For example an Ethernet frame contains the type 0x0800 which is IPv4, but ...
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My own linux corded keyboard driver and interface to my embedded application
I want to develop my own keyboard driver to my own keypad. I have to use GPIO to identify Key Events and use I2c to get scan code.
I am going to develop the driver like this.
#include <linux/gpio....
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Right click not working in Redhat enterprise Linux
I have recently installed Red hat enterprise Linux on my Hp laptop. Earlier both the mouse clicks were not working, but I managed to get the left click working by tapping by some help from Google. But ...
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How to Find Out What Version of Display Driver is Installed
One of my favorite games, "Wolfenstein Enemy Territory", has stopped working lately. It throws a segfault during the initialization phase.
I suspect that the reason is a recent update to the video ...
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How to make ^T work for the status char under Linux?
I’ve grown really accustomed to the BSD status char, ^T, since I first started using it back at university during the 80s. It didn’t originate with BSD, but came from even older operating systems. It ...
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Installing amdgpu-pro ubuntu 20.04
Having issues installing amdgpu-pro for opencl support for applications like Davinci Resolve. I downloaded and ran the installer as stated on the website.
Version: amdgpu-pro-20.30-1109583-ubuntu-20....
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Are there alternative methods for installing Video4Linux (v4l) and Linux DVB (DVB) drivers for RHEL 9?
In RHEL 9, Video4Linux (v4l) and Linux DVB (DVB) devices television and video capture devices are no longer supported. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9....
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how to read PWM (pulse width modulation signals)
I am developing embedded Linux driver level program in Toradex Apalis Tk1 development board with IXORA career board, and with operating system is Embedded Linux.
I need to know that how to read PWM ...
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Hardware peripherals and device drivers windows/linux
We have a query on hardware peripherals,
How a device drivers fetch the peripheral details when it is connected to the PC for the first time. We need to know if the peripheral properties like the ...
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Is the Microtek 5950 scanner supported on Linux?
Is the Microtek 5950 scanner supported on Linux? That is,
Is there a vendor-released/supported driver for it?
Is there a FOSS driver for it? Or a driver which it works with?
Is there any specific ...
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dkms for ixgbe fails with *** No targets
I'm trying to setup DKMS for the Intel ixgbe driver. Below are the steps that seemed most correct, however I am not successful with this or other variations. I'm using CentOS 7.
I'm using the ...
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Fine-grained WiFi Tx Signal Strength control on a accesspoint
I'm trying to reduce TX power on an AP in order to minimize area in which devices can connect to the AP. I've tried to do this by iwconfig command such as iwconfig wlan0 txpower 1mw but it didn't work ...
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PCMCIA card under linux
Is it possible to use STLAB 10/100 PCMCIA LAN card under linux? From linux live CD?
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Atheros LAN card driver, Linux compiling problem
I have installed openSUSE 11.4 to my new workstation. It says that there is Attansic ETHERNET controller on board. But no devices seen. I typed: lspci and it returned: atheros communications device ...
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Unauthorized mount hd ubuntu 10.04
Hey, I am trying to mount my hd on ubuntu by I receive this message "No possible mount location - Not Authorized".
It happened after some upgrades on system, and the sound stoped too.
here is my ...
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Can't login to Ubuntu in virtual machine
When I updated the system, and then I restarted the machine, I don't know why it's showing this picture:
Can someone solve this problem?
I tried to restart the machine again and again, but its still ...
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