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Questions about HP (Hewlett-Packard) equipment including personal computers, printers, cameras etc

Questions concerning the HP printing system inside Ubuntu. Use of HP digital cameras and other hardware including HP servers running Ubuntu plus any other issues relating to HP products and their use within Ubuntu.

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How to get GRUB to be the default bootloader instead of Windows Boot Manager on a UEFI laptop?

I've got an HP Pavilion Touchsmart notebook that came with Windows 8. I've upgraded to 8.1, and now I want to dual-boot an Ubuntu distribution with Windows 10. When dual-booting with Windows 8.1, the Windows Boot Manager always took priority, even…
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Right click not working on Ubuntu 18.04

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my HP Pavilion series laptop. After installing this version of Ubuntu, right click is not working of my touchpad. How can I solve this? BTW: This question does not have any solution which which is working for…
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xbacklight: No outputs have backlight property - No /sys/class/backlight folder

I installed xbacklight, hoping that it would be able to control my brightness. When trying to change brightness, I was told "No outputs have backlight property". After looking around, I found that this has to do with my computer not having a…
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Printer problems after installing Ubuntu 20.04

After installing 20.04 on my desktop, my printer has stopped working. Printer: HP Envy 5640, connected via USB. hplip installed. cups installed. Any suggestions appreciated. Printer itself is OK as I have used it wirelessly to print from another PC…
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How to install latest HPLIP on my Ubuntu to support my HP printer and/or scanner?

Let's assume that one has some modern HP printer and/or scanner which is not supported by HPLIP package from official repository. Currently Ubuntu versions have the following versions in universe pocket: bionic (18.04 LTS): 3.17.10+repack0-5 focal…
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Why does "Airplane Mode" keep toggling on my HP laptop in Ubuntu 18.04?

I have an HP Spectre x360 convertible laptop and I'm running Ubuntu 18.04. Every time I turn the screen sideways or in tablet mode and back, 'Airplane Mode' is activated. In fact, when I boot up and login, I have to manually turn off 'Airplane Mode'…
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How to perform a HP BIOS upgrade with only Ubuntu?

I have a HP Spectre XT netbook. The installed BIOS is F14 and the latest one on their website is F26. I'd like to do an upgrade but they only provide a Windows executable. I tried booting with FreeDOS (using the Ultimate Boot CD), but the executable…
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Is Ubuntu compatible with the hp spectre x360?

I just bought the new hp spectre x360 dual-core i7, 8 GB ram and 256 SSD. Will Ubuntu run on this computer without issue or is it not yet supported?
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HP UEFI doesn't boot Ubuntu automatically

I own a HP ProBook, which came with SLED11 preinstalled, and on which I has Trusty installed (NO Dual boot). UEFI wasn't enabled. Now I bought a SSD and built it into the laptop. As I read that using UEFI can improve firmware loading time by several…
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HP LaserJet won't print (16.04 LTS)

I have a weird problem I cannot trace a cause to. I successfully install HP LaserJet 1018, through Printers / Add Printer / (recognizes the USB connected printer) / select HP / Select driver / Printer successfully installed and I see it in Printers.…
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I cannot change the screen brightness

here's my problem: Ever since I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my computer I haven't been able to change the screen brightness, it was always set to the maximum. I did take a look at this post: Decrease Backlight Below Minimum And it helped me resolved…
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WiFi adapter not found in Ubuntu 18.04

I have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 in my hp 15bs 145tu laptop. All packages of Ubuntu seem to be working properly but the WiFi adapter is not found, and I can't connect to the wireless network. How can I debug/fix this?
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Internal SD card reader not detected HP realtek RTS5227

I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my HP Envy m7-j020dx. The only problem I am currently having is that the internal SD card reader does not seem to be detected at all. I have tried to find a solution using Google, but there was little to find on…
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How should I install HPLIP binary/proprietary plugin/driver for my HP printer or printer+scanner?

Let's assume that one has some modern HP printer and/or scanner which is supported by HPLIP package from official repository. Or supported by newer version of HPLIP package (see this answer about installation). From official documentation (HP…
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Can't Detect HP Printer with HPLIP

I'm having issues detecting my printer (HP Deskjet 3630), OS Ubuntu 18.04. I've installed HPLIP and when I try to detect the printer via "Network/Ethernet" I get the following answer: HPLIP cannot detect printers in your network. This may be due…
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