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[Bug 1509556] Re: Kubuntu Wily upgrade screen glitch with 4.2 kernel

 

Bryan Cebuliak, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19
/product-support/product/optiplex-gx280/drivers an update to your
computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A08). 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
Confirmed. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a08

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

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

** Attachment removed: "ubuntu-bug linux  output  for  new  4.2  kernel"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1509556/+attachment/4503556/+files/apport.linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic.tzsu1qt7.apport

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Title:
  Kubuntu Wily upgrade screen glitch with  4.2 kernel

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  On  recent  update   from  15.04   to  15.10, the new  4.2  kernel  is  associated   with    graphics  instability after  a  few  seconds of   GUI  use   with  mouse   and   keyboard making  the  GUI  unusable.  See  another  person's  same  experience   with  intel   graphics   here:  
  askubuntu.com/questions/688649/kubuntu-wily-upgrade-screen-glitch

  Downgrading  to the  last   15.04    kernel   solves  my  issue.
   
  See  result  of   ubuntu-bug linux   from  the  terminal attached.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  bryan      2415 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=29d7b701-8e5f-4cd6-8cfb-be150e1ea27f
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-26 (1122 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex GX280
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic root=UUID=5658fec6-3afb-4e3e-b668-812316cc9ca6 ro quiet splash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-16-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-16-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.149
  RfKill:
   
  Tags:  wily
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-23 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2005
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A07
  dmi.board.name: 0FG113
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 15
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd11/29/2005:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlexGX280:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FG113:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct15:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX280
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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