I appear to have mislaid my Ubuntu flash drive
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
January 7, 2017 8:42am CST
Since the introduction of Windows 10, I have been unable to play videos on my laptop. This applies to both Youtube displays and files stored on my computer. It is only the laptop that has this issue and the desktop displays them effortlessly.
After spending some time trying to solve this problem I finally realised that it is a graphics driver issue. The graphics chip on the laptop does not have Windows 10 drivers, whereas the graphics card in my desktop does. It is only while on holiday that I have use for this feature, so I circumvent the issue by carrying a Live Ubuntu USB flash drive. This allows me to reboot into Ubuntu and play a video.
Somehow I seem to have misplaced the flash drive, which is nowhere to be found. Today I had to go out and buy a new flash drive, so I will make another Ubuntu drive today. It is a fairly simple process, but annoying to think that I will eventually stumble across the old flash drive by accident.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
7 Jan 17
The number of hardware not having drivers for Windows 10 is impressive. I bought recently a second hand Epson scanner for peanuts because of a big warning : "Not compatible with Windows 10". It works perfectly with Slackware with the firmware available from Epson
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Jan 17
Since you are using Linux drivers are rarely a problem. The main reason that manufacturers cease releasing updated drivers issue to persuade people to buy new graphics cards or sound cards etcetera. Linux developers are not so mercenary.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
7 Jan 17
@Asylum Drivers are at kernel level in Linux and some distros are better than others. Compiling a loadable kernel module is not that easy, and the best to do is to try several Linux if a device is not recognized : it will perhaps work with another flavor of Linux, or with a previous version. There is only 1 Windows 10, but there are hundreds of distros of Linux
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jan 17
I'm so glad I use Apple products so I don't have these sort of issues! haha
I hope you are able to work everything out. Wouldn't want you to miss out on watching videos while you are on holiday!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Jan 17
@moffittjc There are not enough videos for Manchester rainy days.
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jan 17
@Asylum You should be watching the beautiful sunsets, then enjoying a nice dinner, followed by a vibrant evening on the town! You should save the video watching for those rainy days in Manchester!
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@JudyEv (325847)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jan 17
Windows 10 has caused a few problems here too - mostly because it doesn't recognise any of our three printers. So we've had to buy a new one and we've now - at long last - been able to give away three printers for free. It was impossible to get even a few dollars for them.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
7 Jan 17
Even I have windows 10 in my new laptop...I'm facing some problems with it also
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
7 Jan 17
@Asylum I really hope all sets well..
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Jan 17
@amitkokiladitya It should certainly not be a problem.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
7 Jan 17
You are going to love this page. It is a start. There are other pages for all those lonely nights when we feel there is nothing we would rather do than help some poor soul who can't get their device working. - yours truly, happy windows developer
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
11 Jan 17
I know you will have it sorted soon. Good luck and hope you get to watch you tube!
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