a1291762, as per http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=3781730&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=4060 an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (F.20). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
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. Also, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible: 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect): sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not. 3) Please mark this report Status Confirmed. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-f.20 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547838 Title: ADMtek ADM8511 "Pegasus II" USB Ethernet causes oops Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is a rather old USB ethernet adapter. It worked fine for me with older distributions (including Ubuntu 10.04). I noticed it causing problems after upgrading to 14.04 and stopped using it as a result (since I needed reliable USB ethernet for work). I was also not completely sure if it was this device causing the issue or interplay between this device and a number of other networking USB devices that were used at work. I'd like to use this ethernet adapter at home but the machine is running Ubuntu 14.04 and the issue persists. I have collected some information that might help. I'm happy to try more things to collect information if that will help. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 server 64-bit. I just rebooted so I'm running the latest updates. I was told to run ubuntu-bug linux but I'm not sure how much useful stuff is included in that. I'm including the kernel log which has some bad stuff happening in it. Not sure if it got the system-freezing oops or just the errors leading up to that. It feels like a bug in the driver that corrupts memory because I see issues with network-related things (eg. a ping crashed, but the next ping didn't), leading to a full-system freeze. This machine has been happily running Ubuntu for a looong time (though it was only recently upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04, previously it had been running 10.04). I have not had stability issues with the machine but plugging in the USB Ethernet reliably makes it freeze within minutes. The symptoms also match what I saw on my machine at work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.19.0-49-generic 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt12 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-49-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Feb 20 21:23:29 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-31 (50 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.19.0-49-generic. AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D1', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0cffa533-89ec-44d8-b5f9-6efe69c1b955 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-31 (67 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8530w Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-49-generic root=UUID=d4c67c71-679c-4b9d-8e20-848149e8aedf ro debug ignore_loglevel crashkernel=384M-:128M ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt12 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-49-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-49-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.20 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.19.0-49-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: WifiSyslog: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 06/08/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68PDV Ver. F.12 dmi.board.name: 30E7 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 90.27 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68PDVVer.F.12:bd06/08/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8530w:pvrF.12:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30E7:rvrKBCVersion90.27:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8530w dmi.product.version: F.12 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1547838/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp