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Re: [Bug 1421870] Re: Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem."

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From: David Lukens <1421870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:48:03 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1421870 <1421870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thank you for your advice.  I am reading teh instructions and planning how
to carry them out.  I will let you know what happens

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Christopher M. Penalver <
christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Lukens, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
> better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-
> support/product/inspiron-530/drivers an update to your computer's buggy
> and outdated BIOS is available (1.0.18). 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 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.0.18
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421870
>
> Title:
>   Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem."
>
> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Desktop sometimes does not show the word "Activities" or show the
>   icons when I clip on the space where "Activities" would appear. But
>   there is some vague shadow in the space where the icons would appear,
>   and if I click on that shadow, the activity shows up, ver slowly.
>   Also the cursor follows the motion of the. mouse in a very jerky
>   fashion
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic i686
>   .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
>   Architecture: i386
>   CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>   CompositorRunning: None
>   Date: Fri Feb 13 16:58:33 2015
>   DistUpgraded: 2014-08-18 10:57:39,261 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
>   DistroCodename: trusty
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
>   GraphicsCard:
>    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X300] [1002:5b60]
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0602]
>      Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0603]
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-23 (1147 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386
> (20110720.1)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_US
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic
> root=UUID=cae6c065-d019-48bf-8d63-62bd8110fc2d ro quiet splash
>   SourcePackage: xorg
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-18 (179 days ago)
>   dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2007
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: 1.0.3
>   dmi.board.name: 0RY007
>   dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.chassis.version: OEM
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.3:bd07/12/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RY007:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
>   dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530
>   dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
>   version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6
>   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
> 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
>   xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 11 17:14:24 2015
>   xserver.configfile: default
>   xserver.errors: evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Unable to open evdev device
> "/dev/input/event3".
>   xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>   xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6
>   xserver.video_driver: radeon
>
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Title:
  Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem."

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Desktop sometimes does not show the word "Activities" or show the
  icons when I clip on the space where "Activities" would appear. But
  there is some vague shadow in the space where the icons would appear,
  and if I click on that shadow, the activity shows up, ver slowly.
  Also the cursor follows the motion of the. mouse in a very jerky
  fashion

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic i686
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  Date: Fri Feb 13 16:58:33 2015
  DistUpgraded: 2014-08-18 10:57:39,261 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X300] [1002:5b60] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0602]
     Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0603]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-23 (1147 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110720.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic root=UUID=cae6c065-d019-48bf-8d63-62bd8110fc2d ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-18 (179 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.0.3
  dmi.board.name: 0RY007
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: OEM
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.3:bd07/12/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RY007:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6
  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 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 11 17:14:24 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event3".
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6
  xserver.video_driver: radeon

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References

[Bug 1421870] [NEW] Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem."
From: David Lukens, 2015-02-13
[Bug 1421870] Re: Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem."
From: Christopher M. Penalver, 2015-03-01