Hi Christopher, Thank you for the information. I have updated the BIOS as described in: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DellBIOS
anders@inspiron:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date A09 07/11/2008 Hope this solves the few issues I have seen. Best regards Anders 2015-05-16 15:18 GMT+02:00 Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com>: > anders, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As > per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- > support/product/inspiron-1720/drivers an update to your computer's buggy > and outdated BIOS is available (A09). 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, and the information above is provided, then > please mark this report Status New. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a09 > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1454989 > > Title: > Freeze after boot > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Sometimes I will get the screen seen on the attached picture if i leave > the PC > idle for some time after boot. The image changes when pressing a key on > the keyboard. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3 > Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic i686 > .tmp.unity.support.test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 > Architecture: i386 > CompizPlugins: > [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,regex,place,grid,resize,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,mousepoll,move,animation,workarounds,vpswitch,imgpng,expo,session,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell] > CompositorRunning: compiz > CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' > CompositorUnredirectFSW: true > CurrentDesktop: Unity > Date: Thu May 14 10:09:48 2015 > DistUpgraded: 2015-04-23 19:53:08,580 DEBUG enabling apt cron job > DistroCodename: vivid > DistroVariant: ubuntu > ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes > GraphicsCard: > NVIDIA Corporation G84M [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) > (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f2] > InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-08-31 (1351 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 > (20110427.1) > MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1720 > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-16-generic > root=UUID=bc46b217-a77a-490e-8b25-9fe396966dca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: xorg > Symptom: display > Title: Xorg freeze > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-23 (20 days ago) > dmi.bios.date: 08/16/2007 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A03 > dmi.board.name: 0UK437 > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.type: 8 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd08/16/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1720:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0UK437:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: > dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1720 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1 > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.2-0ubuntu1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.2-0ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev > 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1454989/+subscriptions > -- 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/1454989 Title: Freeze after boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1454989/+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
