A device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.
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Installing USR 5422 on Ubuntu 12.04
I am a newbie to Linux. I was trying to set up the USR5422 USB adapter. It worked fine for the first time, but since then it freezes the computer most of the time. What commands can I fire to see ...
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Attaching USB-Serial device with custom PID to ttyUSB0 on embedded
I'm attempting to get an FTDI USB-Serial device with a custom PID to automatically (or even manually) attach to ttyUSB%n, without much success. The device's normal VID/PID is 0403/6001. When ...
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How do I go about making a wrapper for a driver to be used on FreeBSD?
The situation:
I found myself in need of an additional NIC for my pfSense router/firewall. I had a few choices...
shell out over $100 for a dual port gigabit card
buy a new motherboard that has ...
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What's the difference between the drivers r8169 and r8168?
Realtek provides the source code for the r8168 driver which is based on the r8169 driver from the kernel tree if I may believe their source:
/*
* This driver is modified from r8169.c in Linux kernel ...
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Pinguy OS 11.04 WiFi and Wired Networking is not working
I was attempting to install Pinguy OS from a YUMI created USB thumb drive, with the computer wired to my router. The internet, however, was not working. After the install, it still is not working. ...
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What is the relation between the Linux device drivers “domains”?
As I'm reading about the Linux device drivers and power management API I keep encountering terms like "system level", "subsystem", "platform", "class", and so on.
What is the relation between them? ...
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Webcam Device Driver to support H.264
I have a Creative Live Cam Connect HD (id: 041e:4093) and this webcam has an on-board H.264 encoder. Unfortunately v4l2 only inputs the feed as MJPG.
$ v4l2-ctl --list-formats
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT
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How to configure buildroot to add a sound device?
I've used a given board configuration to reconfigure it for my individual board. My board has a CS4270 sound device of Cirrus Logic. My uImage is booting successfully on my target hardware, but an ...
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How to know the event by looking at /dev/input/by-id
I want to access the keyboard device driver. I usually accesses it by looking at
/dev/input/by-name but the event provided by it gets changed every time I log in.
After searchin on the Net, I found ...
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Sound not working in Debian except in google chrome and test utilities
Yesterday, I had Archlinux on my Dell Latitude E6520 and the sound was working perfectly fine (I even had the loud beep I couldn't get rid of).
Today, I installed Debian and alsa. The first surprise ...
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Second monitor does not work on BackTrack(Based on ubuntu 10.04)
I have installed BackTrack5(based on ubuntu 10.04) on my dell mini 1018 netbook,but when connect my external monitor(LG LED) to VGA port of my netbook,backtrack says second monitor is unknown,what can ...
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Is there any user space SDIO driver in Linux?
sdio_driver in kernel:
Just 1 sdio_driver in "linux-2.6-daf54f1\drivers\mmc\card" (sdio_uart)
There are some in linux-2.6-daf54f1\drivers\net\wireless.
My questions are:
Is there any user space ...
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How to get infrared image data with sane on an epson v700 scanner?
I have read a number of posts on the topic and it seems that for now it is not possible to use sane to read infrared data (second pass) with my Epson Perfection V700 scanner out of the box.
But are ...
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Nouveau drivers 'init failed'
I am receiving errors from the nouveau drivers on boot. I receive the errors
twice: once about 8 seconds after the kernel starts and once again about 19
seconds after the kernel starts.
[ ...
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Determine whether kernel built-in driver supports a device
I'm trying to find a way to accurately determine whether all the hardware on some system has a valid driver installed either via a kernel module or built-in to the kernel.
I'm working with RHEL 5.5 ...
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How to install precompiled ath9k driver?
I have a Ubuntu and I have cross compiled an ath9k driver for an ARM architecture. The problem is a can't make the install work as I want to work.
README says the following:
Building for external ...
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grub2 ubuntu 12.04.2 flashing screen
Okay, so I've been searching a bit and either by my lack of understanding (I know just enough to be about as dangerous as a fluffy kitten) or because I am just not searching for the right stuff (maybe ...
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RT3290 Wireless still not working
I've been trying to get my wireless working for two weeks now. I have 1814:3290 wireless card. I am on Linux Mint 14 64-bit. I have tried all the suggestion on here:
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Cups configuration does not consider my new PPD driver (Debian Wheezy)
My Brother HL-4040CN is very impredictible when trying to print images or PDFs. Searching around, I found an accurate driver description file at openprinting.org: ...
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Where do the device option values beginning with “Monitor-xyz” come from in xorg.conf?
Trying to install prop drivers for my Radeon HD6850 card on crunchbang (debian-based linux).
Followed these instructions for install from repo and used aticonfig instead of amdconfig to create an ...
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How to setup GParted video mode in Oracle Virtualbox?
I'm trying to boot GParted live 0.14.1-6 within Oracle Virtualbox 4.2.6 r82870 (Extension Pack installed).
The host OS is Windows 7, the physical graphic card is an AMD Radeon HD 6900.
The physical ...
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Computer recognizes wireless network but asks for password repeatedly
I have installed Mint 14 Xfce on a Dell XPS 400. I am using a Belkin F5D8010 wireless card. I got the .inf file from the Belkin website and installed it using the graphical ndiswrapper tool. The ...
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How can I fix my X11 draw garbled icons?
I'm running linux mint 12:
$ cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 12 Lisa \n \l
This started happening recently:
And I'm not sure why. It's not just limited to the above icons and text.
$ lspci | ...
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Restart usb mouse driver?
Sometimes, after some event that I can't determine, my usb mouse gets stuttery - like the refresh rate drops down to about 5-10Hz. It still works fine other than that, but it's incredibly annoying, ...
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How to update driver for SATA to CF adapter
I have a small PC booting CentOS 5.8 with kernel 2.6.18-164 from a CF card on a CF to SATA adapter. Boot time on this machine is cca 2 minutes, but with an updated kernel to 3.x it drops down to 80 ...
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strange noise in some gui programs
I have Debian testing, I use XFCE. Recently, shortly after dist-upgrade, I noticed that XFCE terminal has some noise in it - especially near the end of long lines or when I use midnight commander. The ...
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Trouble getting iwlwifi driver working
I just installed Debian and I am having issues getting my wireless working.
I installed Squeeze and also the nonfree firmware for iwlwifi.
I thought I did everything right but I am still not getting ...
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RT2800USB wireless adapter stops scanning
I have a Linux machine, and I'll switch between using an RTL8187 based card, and a RT2800USB based card (the cards are both USB dongles by the same manufacturer).
I've loaded the drivers for both ...
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Reload xserver-xorg-input-mouse
Can I reload xserver-xorg-input-mouse driver on the fly? For example, after I modify and recompile the source
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360 degree scrolling with Apple Magic Mouse in Linux?
I read that there is out of the box support for the Apple Magic Mouse in recent Linux kernels, but does that include full functionality such as multiple mouse buttons and multitouch??
For me the two ...
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configuration for my wireless connection
I had connection issues so I changed some wireless configuration.
I think I solved the problem, but I still have minor issues.
First thing I had my Internet connection freeze badly,
Then after doing ...
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USB keyboard won't work with usbhid driver
I have an HP thin client (model t5325) which runs Debian Linux (kernel 2.6.22.18-1-armel). We are testing some kiosk keyboards from Operator Interface Technology which are presenting themselves to ...
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Handling SERIRQ Interrupts from LPC-Connected Devices
How are SERIRQ interrupts generated by devices connected via an LPC (Low Pin Count) bus handled by Linux device drivers? In particular, how is an interrupt generated by one device on the bus ...
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SMSC Ethernet PHY problems - blinking ~11.68Hz LED when it isn't working
I've got a custom ARM Linux 2.6.35-based platform I'm trying to get working. My problem is the Ethernet is not working consistently.
I've got a SMSC LAN8720AI PHY, with a i.MX283 uP/MAC @ 454MHz.
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ATA_PIIX Driver Source Code
Is it possible to find the source code for the ATA_PIIX Driver outside the linux kernel? I have to install an older version of Linux (SuSE 10) on a brand new laptop and its failing to see the drive. ...
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linux mint cinnamon - AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter keeps disconnecting
Lately I got a DELL inspiron 15-3521, I installed the latest Linux mint cinnamon. I have been having some problems with my Ethernet card, when i start my pc everything works perfectly for about 10 to ...
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What distro has excellent AMD PowerXpress support?
I have a laptop with an AMD 6630M/Sandy Bridge hybrid GPU. I've struggled in Ubuntu to get fglrx installed. It would run on the discrete card in 12.10, and wouldn't work at all in 13.04.
I'm ...
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Ricoh Aficio SP C240DN driver
I have seen the driver here, but that is a black/white laser printer.
So the question here is: does it support color?
I'm getting the same printer, and hope, that I can find a solution to this. ...
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programming an Atmel Board with a USB to Serial converter, in Eclipse
I am actually trying to program an Atmel Evk1100 board directly from Mac OSX.
My MCU is UC3A0512
I used to use Atmel32 Studio on Windows, but It looks like there no Mac Version.
So, from what I've ...
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ihome fastrack 6000 linux driver
How would I go about using this mouse in linux? ihome fast track 6000. I like using this mouse, but I can't find a linux driver for it. I have a windows driver that controls the programmable buttons ...
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Unable to install Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller driver for centOS 6
I've installed CentOS 6.3. However, eth0 does not show up on ifconfig.
So I figured out that I need to install alx Ethernet driver from here.
Since my internet is not working, as ethernet drivers are ...
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Drivers for GMA 4500MHD
~$ lsmod | grep ^i915
i915 296139 3
2:2.15.0~maverick~ppa1 (xserver-xorg-video-intel)
from https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/intel-driver?field.series_filter=maverick
~$ ...
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Screen not refreshing properly after installing Fglrx drivers
Im having some trouble with my brand new Fedora 18.
I have a laptop with a radeon 7500m in it, and I recently installed the fglrx drivers, following some tutorial I found.
Im running LXDE, and ...
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Loading extention GLX : screen freezes
I installed Ubuntu Server edition 12.10 on a server (with 16 GB RAM and 500GB hard disk).
The installation was successful, after which I tried installing GUI using the below command
sudo apt-get ...
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RAID Drivers and Support for an AMD SB950 Chip?
I have an Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2 motherboard which uses the AMD SB950 chipset to create a fakeRAID array (setup for RAID 5 in my case). It is recognized as a RAID array in Windows after install of ...
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how to install elo touchscreen driver
i need to install elo touchscreen driver on an intel series panel pc. i do not have any idea whether to install the driver from elo download link as it only supports kernels 2.4 and 2.6! it is better ...
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ATI/AMD driver problem: Screens turn black/random colors random times
We've recently installed Linux Mint 13 64bit Mate on a Dell Studio 1558. We have since had issues with getting the drivers for the graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 5400) to work. Installing the Linux Mint ...
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Video Gibberish (once every week or two)
Trying to track down an odd video problem. I was running Ubuntu (Precise Penguin) before and running Lucid before that. In both cases the video was running fine (over the last two years).
However ...
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Install Broadcom wifi adapter driver in BackTrack 5 R1
How can I install the Broadcom BCM43142 driver in BackTrack 5 R1? Please can anyone guide me with step by step instructions as I am new at Linux.
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Silicon Wave USB Bluetooth Adapter doesn't work
I have been trying to use my usb bluetooth adapter(silicon wave) on ubuntu 11.10 server, it appears in the lsusb list but it doesn't work
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0c10:0000
root@i5-PC:/home/john# ...
