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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Troy Greer, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-
netbooks/ideapad-n-series-laptops/ideapad-n580 an update to your
computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (96). 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** Tags added: bios-outdated-96

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Screen "Shaking" Up & Down

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Essentially, my graphics are usntable. The display moves up and down
  rapidly in a  flickering-like fashion whenever I turn on my Lenovo
  IdeaPad N580 or wake it up from sleep mode. The shaking up and down
  nearly stops after a few hours of running the laptop, only moving up
  and down once every 1 or 2 seconds, so that I can still use the
  laptop, but it still hurts my eyes and gives me a headache.

  The problem began soon after wiping Windows 8 from the laptop an
  installing Ubuntu 13.10. Recently, I finally got around to upgrading
  to 14.04 LTS, but I had to create a boot flash drive because the
  software updater wasn't working correctly at the time. Anyway, a fresh
  install of 14.04 LTS fixed the problem for a few days, but it came
  back again. I don't know if it's from one of the updates released,
  since it was after updating all of the packages that needed updating,
  or if it's just a conincidence that it wasn't happening.

  It's a 64-bit laptop (Intel Sandybridge Mobile Graphics), so I
  replaced 64-bit Windows 8 with 64-bit Ubuntu. I can't help but wonder
  if possibly using a fresh 32-bit install would fix this issue, as a
  very undesired workaround, but I would much prefer a proper update or
  a link to any drivers or packages that should be installed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  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
  Date: Wed Sep  3 15:27:17 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
   virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed
   virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0106] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3977]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-12 (22 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: LENOVO Lenovo IdeaPad N580
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  XorgConf:
   Section "Device"
   Identifier "Card0″
   Driver "intel"
   Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
   EndSection
  dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 5ECN91WW(V8.03)
  dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: INVALID
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: 31900003WIN8 STD MLT
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad N580
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr5ECN91WW(V8.03):bd09/04/2012:svnLENOVO:pnLenovoIdeaPadN580:pvrLenovoIdeaPadN580:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvr31900003WIN8STDMLT:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadN580:
  dmi.product.name: Lenovo IdeaPad N580
  dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad N580
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56+git20140801.5d835797-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.4.0~git20140829.6cd0dbc4-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.4.0~git20140829.6cd0dbc4-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.99+git20140806.fbf575cb-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914+git20140829.2086965e-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10+git20140818.16c885ce-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep  3 14:34:31 2014
  xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  xserver.errors:
   intel: Failed to load module "dri3" (module does not exist, 0)
   intel: Failed to load module "present" (module does not exist, 0)
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                 826 
   vendor                                     LGD
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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