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Yamaha music keyboard as midi controller

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:05:56 +0800

I am trying to connect the Yamaha music keyboard PSR-e473 as a MIDI controller keyboard in Linux Lite OS.

However, it is not showing and is undetected by my PC running LinuxLiteOS 7.8

I had checked the cable; it is working perfectly with other devices, and the keyboard is recognized by the other device as a MIDI controller.

It will be great if any one of you can guide or share reference documentation for further troubleshooting.

Kind Regards,

redshift-gtk

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:40:26 +0800

Inbuilt keyboard stops responding randomly

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:05:05 +0800

I have a DELL Inspiron laptop it's inbuilt keyboard gets disconnected or stops responding randomly I don't know, but still my touchpad works and I always have to logout and sign in again to make the keyboard again working.

Problems with calibrate battery to display correctly percentage on Linux Lite

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:33:26 +0800

Hi there !

I bought a new battery shell to my old laptop. At the very hour of the purchase, I did the tip of charge it for 8 hours. Eventually the machine begun to suddenly shut down, even when the battery displayed 40% before the power off.

I already tried several times to drain the battery to zero and then charge it to 100% ― another tip I read at the forums.

Someone knows what can I do at the specific Linux Lite situation for calibrate my battery?

BTW, my battery features through "upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0" is the following:

native-path: BAT0
vendor: OEM
model: standard
serial: 00001
power supply: yes
updated: ter 18 jun 2024 22:29:41 (91 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 9,7125 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 38,85 Wh
energy-full-design: 48,84 Wh
energy-rate: 20,1576 W
voltage: 12,174 V
charge-cycles: N/A
time to full: 1,4 hours
percentage: 25%
capacity: 79,5455%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-low-charging-symbolic'
History (charge):
1718760581 25,000 charging
History (rate):
1718760581 20,158 charging

Greetings from Brazil !

Linux Keyboard Problem

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:15:44 +0800

I Installed Linux Lite yesterday and I have a problem with (I think) the Keyboard Layout, I configured the keyboard layout to Latin American Spanish. I left the system language in English, (Because I need to practice my English). However, I have the problem that it seems that the Layout is not set correctly. I have the keys "J","K", "L", "U" and "I", "O" as "1", "2", "3", "4", "5" and "6" respectively. What could be the problem?

Looking to Switch, few hardware questions

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:36:51 +0800

Now here with Windows 11 really am done with all the optimizations , restarts , group policy editor and stripping down system components just for privacy and speed. Stumbled across this build but before diving in. I need some pointers on how to get the same software for my devices.

AMD 4800H GPU + Nvidia 3050Ti
Universal x86 Tuning Utility
Fiio K5 Pro (DSD64/128/256 Mode, 32-bit Mode, Jriver Media Center, ASIO Driver)
MSI Afterburner + Riverturner (Overclocking 3050Ti, On Screen Display)

AMD 4800H GPU + Nvidia 3050Ti
In Windows under system > display > Graphics, adding the games .exe and selecting power saving (AMD) / high performance (nvidia). I am unsure how this works under linux and when does linux switch between , or are you limited to one , when when I force when app doesn't switch ...

Universal x86 Tuning Utility ( https://amdaputuningutility.com/ )
Under windows this program allows me control CPU Power/Temp limit/VRMs. I also use PBO Scalar and Core Offset. This is important because my LAPTOP is a locked BIOS, What programs are available for Linux?

Fiio K5 Pro
Music collection is mostly FLAC 16-bit but Vinyl DSD are WAV 32-bit converted and I'm not sure how Linux Audio works here. Windows audio panel with K5 drivers installed runs 32-bit 44.1Khz mode. Jriver Media Cetner takes over my device when I press play because of the ASIO drivers, does this work the same under Linux?

MSI Afterburner + RiverTurner
This app is staple over many many years and not sure how this works under linux, looking for overclocking and on screen display support for games

Multiple monitors. Second goes to sleep.

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:34:48 +0800

I have read everything i can fine here and with no relief. Like stated above, the second monitor will come on at boot and immediately goes to sleep and accepts no input. Help, thank you

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8 Touchpad Not Recognized on Linux Lite

Sat, 25 May 2024 11:55:47 +0800

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Linux Lite 6.4 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8, and I'm having trouble getting the touchpad to work. The touchpad worked perfectly fine in Windows, but it's not even being recognized by Linux Lite.

I've tried the following troubleshooting steps:

BIOS: Confirmed that the touchpad is enabled in the BIOS settings.
FN Keys: Tested all FN key combinations (Fn + F6, Fn + F8, etc.) with no effect.
Drivers: Installed and updated the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics driver.
GRUB: Modified the GRUB configuration with various parameters (i8042.nopnp=1 pci=nocrs).
X11 Configuration: Verified that the touchpad isn't disabled in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf.
Blacklisted Modules: Confirmed no touchpad-related entries in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.
Hardware Switch: Checked for a physical switch, but my model doesn't have one.
Reinstalled Input Drivers: Reinstalled xserver-xorg-input-all without success.
Kernel Modules: I also tried manually loading the psmouse and elan_i2c kernel modules, even though they weren't listed in the output of lsmod, but it didn't make a difference.

Additional Information:

The touchpad isn't detected in Linux Lite's "Mouse and Touchpad" settings.
xinput output:
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Razer Razer Taipan id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Razer Razer Taipan Keyboard id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Razer Razer Taipan id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Razer Razer Taipan Keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

sudo dmidecode -t 3 output:

# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.4 present.

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8
Serial Number: PF4Z8QKW
Asset Tag: NO Asset Tag
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: Unspecified
Number Of Power Cords: 1
Contained Elements: 0
SKU Number: SKU Number

I'm hoping someone in the Lenovo or Linux Lite community has encountered this issue and can offer a solution.

Is there a specific driver or firmware update I should try? Any configuration tweaks that might help? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

re-Touchscreen

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:28:58 +0800

bump...

the keyboard on my hp 10-n105nl detachable no longer works

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:50:50 +0800

the keyboard on my hp 10-n105nl detachable no longer works, when the system starts, an error appears on a device that it thinks is the keyboard

How to overclock a cpu running Linux Lite, based on Ubuntu22.04?

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:52:16 +0800

I think not so many people try this thing, because even if you do it successful it surely shorten the lifespan of your computer

But, that's the question

how can anybody overclock a cpu running Linux Lite 6.6? :computer

If someone know it. Please share that information

Instantaneous freeze at putting a SD card in.

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:57:35 +0800

Hello, people !

Since I bought a SD card to free my storage space at my SSD, I had operational troubles. At first, my LL didn't recognize the SD card. I did a research, and eventually solve the problem. But afterwards my laptop started to freeze at the time I put the SD card in the slot ! My LL is updated. This SD card runs smoothly at other devices, like my smartphone and my tablet.

If this helps someone who wants to help me, this is my inxi -F --filter:
System:
Kernel: 6.4.0 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0
Distro: Linux Lite 6.6 LTS
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Positivo Informatica SA product: A14CR6A
v: 1.01.02_POSO serial:
Mobo: Positivo Informatica SA model: A14CR6A v: POSITIVO serial:
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1.01.02 date: 01/31/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.3 Wh condition: 16.6/48.8 Wh (34%)
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-3110M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1200
3: 1200 4: 1197
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.4 driver: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k6.4.0
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rtl8723ae
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac:
Device-2: JMicron JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: jme
IF: enp2s0f5 state: down mac:
IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
mac:
IF-ID-2: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 193.77 GiB used: 104.05 GiB (53.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SSD 128GB size: 119.24 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: JMicron Tech model: Generic
size: 74.53 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 116.32 GiB used: 57.18 GiB (49.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: 29.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 240 Uptime: 13m Memory: 5.25 GiB used: 1.36 GiB (26.0%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38

How to speed up my cpu

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:38:24 +0800

In my case I don't want to risk my cpu or other parts of my computer,

But for people with that "patience" and perhaps some experience with that on another OS

That's the questions:

First, is there a way to speed up the cpu on Linux Lite? :computer
is that a different method if we have a different hardware?

Please explain that detail, Thanks in advance

Fan control iMac running

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 22:06:52 +0800

Hi

I'm new to Linux.. so hoping I can, firstly, get some help.. and secondly that I can understand how to implement the suggestions! Here goes..

I have an iMac 2009. I recently upgraded from the HDD to a SSD, but in that process the HDD sensor is now not functioning. This means that the fan that is meant to keep the HDD/SSD cool runs at its maximum speed.

When I was on Mac OS I was able to download several apps that could control the HDD fan and lower the speed when required (which was most of the time).

Now that I'm on Linux Lite, I am struggling to find a way that I can control the HDD fan.

I've tried several forums suggestions:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=42737
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other...onstantly/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/com...for_linux/
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/on-to...-controle/

Most (I think all) refer to sensors... but the nuance with my situation is that there is no sensor present! Is there a way to simply change the fan speed without addressing anything about its sensor?

Hoping for some help!

PJC

Keyboard freeze

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:36:41 +0800

I am getting keyboard and mouse click freeze for last couple of days. It could be a recent update. I am not sure where to start troubleshooting.

Adding intel_idle.max_cstate=1 in the grub configuration file did not help

Swap details as follows:
NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
/swapfile file 2G 0B -2

Last few updates:
Start-Date: 2024-02-27 22:52:21
Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
Requested-By: root
Upgrade: libtiff5:amd64 (4.3.0-6ubuntu0.7, 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8), less:amd64 (590-1ubuntu0.22.04.1, 590-1ubuntu0.22.04.2)
End-Date: 2024-02-27 22:52:25

Start-Date: 2024-02-28 21:07:07
Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
Requested-By: root
Upgrade: libcpanel-json-xs-perl:amd64 (4.27-1build1, 4.27-1ubuntu0.1), libuv1:amd64 (1.43.0-1, 1.43.0-1ubuntu0.1)
End-Date: 2024-02-28 21:07:09

Xubuntu jammy 22.04 x86_64
Kernel: 6.6.0
Xfce4 4.16
Memory: 3.26 GiB / 7.60 GiB (43%)