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

Mikael Svensson, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
better.

As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-
support/product/precision-m3800-workstation/drivers/advanced an update
to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A10). If you
update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate
does it change anything?

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:
1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect):
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not.
3) Please mark this report Status New. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a10

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

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

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1526200

Title:
  Displayport screen goes back and forth in to Power save mode

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I have 3 screens including the laptop screen. The one connected to the
  displayport is going in to power save mode and back in random
  intervalls.  The other screens don't care if the displayport one is
  going back and forth to power save mode like it does when you unplug
  the displayport cable.

  This started last week. I run the software updater last week.

  I have seen old workarounds that say you should press ctr + alt + F6
  but it does not fix the problem.

  Turning of the hdmi screen in displays does not fix the problem.

  Unplugging hdmi screen does not fix the problem

  Unplugging and Plugin the displayport does not fix the problem.

  The short time the displayport screen is on it flickers and there is
  some static noise in a few pixels.

  I will attach more  information if you request it.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-55.74~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt19
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-55-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  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: Tue Dec 15 09:04:01 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:060d]
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:060d]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-06 (434 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell Precision M3800
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-55-generic root=UUID=8528ac8e-4979-489a-8e14-6e430ed0c83b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/08/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A09
  dmi.board.name: Dell Precision M3800
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A09
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd01/08/2015:svnDellInc.:pnDellPrecisionM3800:pvrA09:rvnDellInc.:rnDellPrecisionM3800:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Dell Precision M3800
  dmi.product.version: A09
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
  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 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Tue Dec 15 08:41:34 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   NOUVEAU(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                               41055 
   vendor                                     DEL
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

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