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[Chris Hermansen <clhermansen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Christopher Penalver (message #3) I have experimented with the bios
upgrade as you suggest.

I managed to upgrade the bios as you requested to 2.6.3 but this does
not seem to solve the problem; when I boot from today's Saucy image, I
still get the weird herringbone stripey screen.  The workaround is still
to wait for the screen to blank and then when it reactivates it appears
to be normal.

I do not understand your comment "Please note your current BIOS is
already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would
not be helpful".

I will assume that you mean I must do the update before I do the sudo
dmidecode... and not that you mean opening a new bug report.  If I
assume incorrectly, please let me know.

Therefore, the results of the commands are:

clh@valencia:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
2.6.3    
12/07/2007
clh@valencia:~$ 

In case anyone else is interested, I made a valiant effort to update the
bios from Linux but this is one of those new bios updaters that "must"
be run from Windows, and I could not get any of the methods noted in the
link provided by Christopher to work.

I am therefore embarrassed to say that I had the Windows install disks
handy and therefore used them to upgrade the bios.  On the bright side,
this is the first time since 2005 that I have used Windows to do
anything.

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Title:
  vertical coloured lines / herringbone pattern on startup

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This problem occurs intermittently on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop.
  For instance, on booting the Saucy beta 2 release from USB stick; or
  today, booting the installed 13.10 beta 2 with all updates current.
  But not always.

  The workaround is to wait for the screen to blank on power save; when
  it is reactivated, the display is fine.  Or if screen blanking is not
  engaged, close the lid, wait, and open it again.

  The screen is 100% illegible when this happens.

  This problem has been noted by myself and others and was formerly
  tracked as bug 572521 but the originator of that bug no longer has the
  hardware.

  This is my testing machine so I am able and willing to try anything on
  it.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-11-generic 3.11.0-11.17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  chris      2520 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Wed Oct  2 15:02:02 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=048b201c-8624-4725-829b-494813ad22d1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-01 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1501
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-11-generic root=UUID=0af7925d-8330-4b61-8598-b7b32a88aac2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-11-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-11-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.116
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: yes
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 03/15/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 2.3.0
  dmi.board.name: 0UW744
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.3.0:bd03/15/2006:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1501:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0UW744:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1501
  dmi.product.version: Not Specified
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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