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

Samuel Bushi, as per http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-
and-netbooks/ideapad-z-series-laptops/ideapad-z510-notebook an update to
your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (8DCN40WW). 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 Confirmed.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-8dcn40ww

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Linux Kernel acting weirdly

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Lately the booting has been troublesome. These are the things that are
  happening randomly when I select the above kernel:

  -It boots up normally
  -It shows up a kernel panic saying that it tried to read/write outside of some hd(0)
  -Grub Menu might not even load and the notebook just beeps continuously. This occurs mostly when I restart after a Kernel-Panic-hang.
  -It restarts and I end up back at the grub menu.

  I overcome this by selecting the 3.13.0-54-generic kernel in Advanced
  options for Ubuntu.

  Update:

  I have installed linux-generic-lts-vivid. The first boot-up was OK but the pointer was missing (It was still there, but not visible). After that, the problem returned and I had to shift back to the *-54-generic kernel.
  The random part is getting skewed and the occurrence of the 2nd error is increasing.

  New Update:

  -54 is also showing similar behaviour, moved down to -53.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-55-generic 3.13.0-55.92
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-54.91-generic 3.13.11-ckt20
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-54-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  blumonkey   2442 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  blumonkey   2442 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA:
   country IN:
    (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
    (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
    (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS
    (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Jun 20 15:11:36 2015
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bd3ea4d3-f75a-4ca5-9be7-4d36551a8fb0
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-20 (120 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: LENOVO 20287
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-54-generic root=UUID=5a4d10f5-4e18-4315-bca6-fca9cc5a4803 ro quiet splash
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-54-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-54-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.12
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 8DCN38WW
  dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: VIUU4
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: 31900059STD
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Z510
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DCN38WW:bd11/28/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20287:pvrLenovoIdeaPadZ510:rvnLENOVO:rnVIUU4:rvr31900059STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadZ510:
  dmi.product.name: 20287
  dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Z510
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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