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

efmesch, as per
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5GCMX1333/HelpDesk_Download/ an update
to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (0413). 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, if the problem is still reproducible, and the
information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New.
Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-0413

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Title:
  Monitor problems with Ubuntu 15.10

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I Updated to Ubuntu 15.10 with a full new installation. My monitor (Viewpoint, VP 712 DI, 17") that worked perfectly with 14.04 has bouts of flipping from normal performance to pixelated nonsense images.
  I uninstalled 15.10 and reinstalled 14.04 and the problem disappeared. I also disaassembled the monitor and checked it out inside:  all the capacitors are healthy and the boards seem in perfect condition. 

  After being convinced that the monitor was not at fault,  I upgraded
  14.04 to 15.10, hoping that the driver for the monitor in 14.04 would
  remain in service but apparently the upgrade (as did the new comoplete
  installation) still changed the driver and my monitor is once again
  acting up.

  I manage, most of the time, to return my picture to normal by typing cont+alt+del, which brings up the "shut down/restart" option.  I "X" the box closed and usually get the monitor to return to normal functioning---for a while.
  Obviously, this is not a viable solution for the long term.

  My question is, how do I get and install a driver that will properly handle the performance of my monitor?  Can I "hijack" the driver from 12.04 and activate it in 15.10?
  --- 
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: wily
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:817a]
  MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=26e58a2c-f5ef-45cb-9673-a44421fece1a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
  Tags:  wily ubuntu compiz-0.9
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
   
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 12/24/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0310
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: P5GC-MX/1333
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev x.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0310:bd12/24/2007:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrRev1.xx:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5GC-MX/1333:rvrRevx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct3:cvrRev1.xx:
  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
  dmi.product.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
  xserver.bootTime: Sat Nov 14 20:46:48 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                1810 
   vendor                                     VIE
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9

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