Use this tag when referring to preforming diagnostic actions (testing,etc.) on a computer.
Questions tagged [diagnostic]
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How do I find out which driver a piece of hardware is using?
Today I'm trying to figure out which driver is best for my USB wireless dongle. Everywhere I look I just see Ralink STA but this isn't telling me which module this actually is.
I'm sure there's a way of looking it up but the computer should be able…
Oli
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List size of all disks and partitions in bytes
I am looking through the various *fdisk and *parted utilities along with a few others. I am searching for a utility (or collection of utilities) that will list the size, in bytes, of all of the disks and partitions on a machine. Bonus points for any…
Huckle
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Random freezes across OS'
My computer has an issue that it randomly freezes. I've faced this issue for years across Ubuntu versions and Windows versions. I'm currently running 19.04. I've faced this issue with 16.04, Windows 10 and Windows 7.
Is there a tool that I can use…
Ian
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How do I detect any problem with my system?
My question is very simple, how can I do a general check up of my system? I don't really know if something has gone wrong, but there are some errors which I cannot fix following online steps or I'm not even sure are to worry about. Where can I check…
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Screen freezes but mouse usable but clicks are all inactive
My ubuntu desktop screen is frozen. The only thing I can do is move the mouse corsor around, but the clicks are just ignored.
Do I have to perform a hard reboot or is there a way to somehow gain control again?
I tried alt-f2 but nothing happened.
cool breeze
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