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

Yung Shen, 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-1545/drivers an update to your computer's buggy
and outdated BIOS is available (A14). 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

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** Tags added: bios-outdated-a14

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

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

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464226

Title:
  Rotation in between 180 degrees and normal cause black screen

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  
  Rotating display in system settings will cause desktop goes blank/black screen.
  Only happen when switch from normal to 180 degrees or reverse way.

  Steps to reproduce:

  1. open system settings go to displays
  2. in rotation select 180 degrees then hit apply

  Expected result:

  Screen rotated to 180 degrees normally

  Actual result:

  Desktop goes dark and only mouse cursor show up.

  
  Workaround:

  Switching in between VT and X can easily bring back the desktop.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  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
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jun 11 07:50:25 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: vivid
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 3.19.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed
   fwts-efi-runtime-dkms, 15.06.00, 3.19.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed
   tp-smapi, 0.41, 3.19.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-11 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1545
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-15-generic root=UUID=810d0afe-e0e3-425c-a09a-49baa0b4894b ro rootdelay=60 quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A11
  dmi.board.name: 0G848F
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd08/27/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G848F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  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~exp1ubuntu2build1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1
  xserver.bootTime: Thu Jun 11 07:49:28 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                4844 
   vendor                                     AUO
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3

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