Peter D., thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Pro3%20R2.0/?cat=Download&os=BIOS an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (2.60). 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 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-2.60 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Low -- 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/1550839 Title: wakealarm is cleared on boot unless hpet disabled Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Wiley Werewolf 15.10 and Xenial Xerus 16.04 (alpha) clear /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm during the bootup process, unless "hpet=disable" is given as a boot parameter. (Tested on Xenia, not tested on Wiley.) Trusty Tahr 14.04 is well behaved, without the hpet parameter. Background; the main installation runs MythTV which sets and uses the wake alarm. A test boot into a newer OS clears the alarm and MythTV on Trusty does not wake up to record the next scheduled TV program. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-generic 4.4.0.2.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: psd 1154 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: psd 1154 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Feb 28 12:28:59 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2f3325b3-f04c-4c61-98b8-d4a23624b37a InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202) IwConfig: enp5s0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: \vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=XX quiet splash bootdegraded=true video=vesa:off hpet=disable initrd=\initrd.img RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-2-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-2-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.155 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/08/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P2.50 dmi.board.name: 970 Pro3 R2.0 dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.50:bd01/08/2016:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rn970Pro3R2.0:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1550839/+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