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[Vangelis Tasoulas <cyberang3l@xxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately I cannot find a way to update the bios in this laptop :(

The BIOS exetuble privided by Toshiba, is a windows-only binary and it
doesn't run with a FreeDOS bootable USB.

No windows in this machine, so I guess I will have to stick with the old
working version of the nvidia drivers.

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Title:
  Nvidia driver 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4 introduces strange fonts problem in
  Kubuntu (KDE)

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
  Release:        14.04

  After the last apt-get dist-upgrade I did on Friday 2014-12-12, I
  encountered a very strange issue.

  When I booted the system (or rebooted), the fonts in the login window
  (lightdm) and the fonts after I logged in to the KDE desktop were very
  small. However, no font settings had been changed.

  When I restarted the X server (ctrl+alt+backspace), then the fonts were all fine.
  When I rebooted the whole system, again the same problem until I restarted the X server.

  I noticed that during the last update, nvidia proprietary drivers got an update and when I went back to the version before the update (sudo apt-get install nvidia-331=331.38-0ubuntu7 nvidia-opencl-icd-331=331.38-0ubuntu7) the system worked/works again as expected.
  --- 
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.113  Mon Dec  1 21:08:13 PST 2014
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: kwin
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  DistUpgraded: 2014-04-22 21:40:27,449 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  DistroVariant: kubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
   bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-43-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia-331, 331.113, 3.13.0-43-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: No
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a2b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-23 (446 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902.2)
  MachineType: TOSHIBA Qosmio F60
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-43-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro quiet splash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
  Tags:  trusty kubuntu
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-22 (235 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 01/14/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.bios.version: Version 1.70
  dmi.board.asset.tag: 0000000000
  dmi.board.name: Portable PC
  dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.board.version: Version A0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion1.70:bd01/14/2010:svnTOSHIBA:pnQosmioF60:pvrPQF65E-006018GE:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0:
  dmi.product.name: Qosmio F60
  dmi.product.version: PQF65E-006018GE
  dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.5
  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 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Sun Dec 14 13:18:05 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.5

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