Mikael Svensson, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- support/product/precision-m3800-workstation/drivers/advanced an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A10). 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. As well, 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 New. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a10 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided =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 Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1526200 Title: Displayport screen goes back and forth in to Power save mode Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have 3 screens including the laptop screen. The one connected to the displayport is going in to power save mode and back in random intervalls. The other screens don't care if the displayport one is going back and forth to power save mode like it does when you unplug the displayport cable. This started last week. I run the software updater last week. I have seen old workarounds that say you should press ctr + alt + F6 but it does not fix the problem. Turning of the hdmi screen in displays does not fix the problem. Unplugging hdmi screen does not fix the problem Unplugging and Plugin the displayport does not fix the problem. The short time the displayport screen is on it flickers and there is some static noise in a few pixels. I will attach more information if you request it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-55.74~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt19 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-55-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 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: Tue Dec 15 09:04:01 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:060d] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:060d] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-06 (434 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell Precision M3800 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-55-generic root=UUID=8528ac8e-4979-489a-8e14-6e430ed0c83b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/08/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.name: Dell Precision M3800 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A09 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd01/08/2015:svnDellInc.:pnDellPrecisionM3800:pvrA09:rvnDellInc.:rnDellPrecisionM3800:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Dell Precision M3800 dmi.product.version: A09 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5 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: Tue Dec 15 08:41:34 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) NOUVEAU(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension. xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 41055 vendor DEL xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1526200/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp