I have now also tried to update BIOS from wine 1.6.1 to no avail. I will now install XP to perform BIOS update.
** Attachment added: "attempt to update BIOS from wine 1.6.1" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1188197/+attachment/4021132/+files/attempt%20to%20update%20BIOS%20from%20wine%201.6.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1188197 Title: [Toshiba Tecra M9-139] Xorg freeze after upgrade to 12.04 during any ACPI opertions - plugging power To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1188197/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp