Drakeskywing, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- support/product/studio-1745/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A04). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status Confirmed. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a04 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453359 Title: Keyboard cut out Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I find that the keyboard is cutting out at random and cannot get it to work until I restart the computer. I am using a Dell Inspiron Studio, with a built in keyboard, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and find it is usually occuring during playing a particular game. I initially thought it could be Java (the game runs in JVM) might be doing something whereby it takes control of the keyboard, dies and then just keeps the hook, though that turned out to be nothing since even after the JVM was closed the keyboard did not respond. I've attached the logs dmesg and xorg produce and the diff from after the error occurs. Reading the log seems straight forward and I'm unsure how the small changes to what appears to be my screen resolution, and what appears also to be a small change to my kernel, are effecting the keyboard. I have narrowed this issue down particularly to the game Puzzle Pirates, and though I haven't had time to break this down and do a proper debug of it, I have a feeling the issue is more then just the game, as its effecting the entire system. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-52.86-generic 3.13.11-ckt18 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-52-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat May 9 17:06:28 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02ea] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02ea] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-12 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1745 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-52-generic root=UUID=6720664f-33a1-4412-873e-f67b549a9706 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/09/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A02 dmi.board.name: 0G914P dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A02 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A02 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd11/09/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1745:pvrA02:rvnDellInc.:rn0G914P:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA02: dmi.product.name: Studio 1745 dmi.product.version: A02 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Sat May 9 17:01:23 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 541 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1453359/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp