[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1264270] Re: Regular black screens since automatic kernel upgrade

2014-01-05 Thread Aurosutru
Chris, I did update the BIOS to 407 last month after reading the instructions in the Ubuntu documentation that BIOS upgrades are necessary even if a system is stable in Windows, which this system is. The ASUS BIOS update software in Windows was used. I had high hopes the BIOS upgrade might cure

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1204476] Re: Xorg freeze or more likely a kernel problem

2014-01-04 Thread Aurosutru
Chris, your comment comes at an opportune moment - I have recently gone through two more automatic kernel upgrades and each has produced video instability similar to what is described here. If you have time and interest, perhaps you would have a look at

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1264270] Re: Regular black screens since automatic kernel upgrade

2014-01-04 Thread Aurosutru
Upgrading through an automatic kernel upgrade to 3.8.0-35 has not solved this video instability. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264270 Title: Regular black screens since

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1264271] [NEW] Xorg freeze

2013-12-26 Thread Aurosutru
Public bug reported: I just filed a bug report about video freezes that occur since installing the automatic kernel upgrade a day or two ago. This is to report a situation where the system appeared to completely hang with both the laptop and monitor going black during one of the video freezes.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1264270] [NEW] Regular black screens since automatic kernel upgrade

2013-12-26 Thread Aurosutru
Public bug reported: Since upgrading the kernel along with other automatic software updates (about 200MB download) the video of this system regularly blanks after a few minutes of operation or shows a black screen with white text having machine gibberish that looks like a log file with seconds at

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1239254] Re: Xorg freeze

2013-10-27 Thread Aurosutru
Upgrading to kernel 3.8.0-32-generic actually made this problem much worse, but last night's auto-upgrade including the error reporting software (apport, python files, etc.) along with the Intel 9xx and 8xx driver upgrade, etc. seems to have solved this. Thanks. -- You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1239254] [NEW] Xorg freeze

2013-10-12 Thread Aurosutru
is an ASUS K55A laptop with an i7 3630QM CPU having Intel HD 4000 on-chip graphics. I can help with some technical detective work to help solve this problem, but due to a slow EDGE Inet connection kernel bisections are not feasible. Thanks for your help. Aurosutru ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1204476] Re: Xorg freeze or more likely a kernel problem

2013-08-01 Thread Aurosutru
When the update to kernel xx.27 was automatically installed this problem was solved. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1204476 Title: Xorg freeze or more likely a kernel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1204476] [NEW] Xorg freeze or more likely a kernel problem

2013-07-24 Thread Aurosutru
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 13.04 Expected: Usual startup with stable onscreen video Observed: Immediately after a system update last week that included going from kernel xxx.25 to xxx.26 the video became unstable. At start-up the cursor will blink in the upper left corner and won't

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1204476] Re: Xorg freeze or more likely a kernel problem

2013-07-24 Thread Aurosutru
Might be worth noting that this is a dual-boot system with Win8. The GRUB start-up screen comes up reliably but when the laptop has no monitor connected the default boot into Ubuntu fails with a perpetual blinking cursor in the upper left corner of the laptop screen. When the monitor is plugged