dmidecode -s bios-version && dmidecode -s bios-release-date && dmidecode -s bios-vendor A08 03/03/2006 Dell Inc.
Sorry, Christopher, the BIOS update made no difference. After a few seconds to a minute or two the graphics are covered with horizontal lines obscuring the screen same as the other bloke's screen shot. I think navigating the LXDE menu seems to trigger the behaviour, or not. The GUI eventually may crash to a black screen. Only resort is to ctrl-alt-F[x] switch to a command line interface terminal. Something weird about the new Ubuntu kernels which is not in the new Debian Sid 4.2 or the previous 3.19 Ubuntu kernel.. On 25 October 2015 at 07:51, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bryan Cebuliak, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19 > /product-support/product/optiplex-gx280/drivers an update to your > computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A08). 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, if the problem is still reproducible, and the > information above is provided, then please mark this report Status > Confirmed. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a08 > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Incomplete > > ** Attachment removed: "ubuntu-bug linux output for new 4.2 kernel" > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1509556/+attachment/4503556/+files/apport.linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic.tzsu1qt7.apport > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1509556 > > Title: > Kubuntu Wily upgrade screen glitch with 4.2 kernel > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1509556/+subscriptions > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1509556 Title: Kubuntu Wily upgrade screen glitch with 4.2 kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1509556/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
