Hello, I am running Ubuntu Desktop 20.04.2 LTS Fossa on my Lenovo ideapad 110-17ikb laptop. Half the icons on my desktop disappear and I have to restart the laptop for them to appear again. This happens often. What could be the reason for this and is there a possible fix? This occured with Ubuntu 18.04 and is happening again, after I installed the newer version.

I have never encountered this.

What desktop environment are you using?

How much RAM does this machine have and what's the video chipset?

Hello, I am using GNOME.

Lenovo-ideapad-110-17IKB
Memory: 8GB
Processor: Intel Core i3-7100U CPU @ 2.40Ghz x 4
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 620(KBL GT2)
Graphics adapter: AMD Radeon R5 M430 - 2048 MB, Core: 955 MHz, Memory: 873 MHz, DDR3, Crimson 16.12.1, Enduro
OS type: 64-bit
Disk: 1 TB

Update:
My mouse and keyboard stop working randomly on Ubuntu as well as Windows 10. If I find a way to wipe my BIOS and install it again, would that help?

If the mouse and keyboard suddenly stop working, such as doing alt-tab, alt-Escape, ctrl-alt-del (If this causes your desktop to lock, for example on Win 10), numlock and caps lock don't turn on/off the LED on your keyboard, then the system has a stability issue.
You also say this happens with Ubuntu and Win 10?

Is this a laptop? Is it overheating? Can you clean the CPU fan (stick a pencil in the fan so that it won't turn and generate a voltage and blow air with a compressor)?

Can you also check your RAM speed/timings? Maybe reduce the speed to 2400 MHz as a first step.

~~~~vmelkon

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No; based on your other thread, you are simply ignoring the obvious. You don't have a virus, malware, spyware, or 'remote access trojans'...you have flaky hardware. You have an older laptop, and it's going bad, period. Software doesn't fix bad hardware.

Replace the keyboard/trackpad parts of your laptop, or buy a new laptop.

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Yes, it is a laptop. How can I check if it overheats? I can search in Youtube how to open it and clean the fan.

The laptop is a little over 2 years old. The warranty is already expired, as it was 2 years. When I said that my keyboard and mouse randomly stop working, I meant the external ones. I tried a different mouse, and the same thing happens.

Again: YOU HAVE FLAKY/BAD HARDWARE. Your options are:

• Repair it
• Replace it

What else do you need to hear?? AGAIN: software won't fix bad hardware...not BIOS, not a different OS, nothing, period. Fix it or replace it. Simple as that.

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Yes, and you will keep changing the parameters of your problem to make them fit your narrative every time somebody points out the obvious.

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Yes, the best thing to do to clean it is to open it and then you will e able to blow away dust and pull out dust bunnies.
It's worth a shot.

If that doesn't help, you can swap components if you have a space CPU, some spare RAM.
If the problem is the motherboard, then it is a problem since laptop mobos are expensive and hard to find sometimes.

~~~~vmelkon

Take it in and pay a geek to clean the guts. $20-30
If you were here it would be $7-8.;-)

My computer would freeze , that included the keyboard and mouse, I just upgraded the bios used motherboard's setup via Internet, all problems disappeared,!