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

Aurosutru, thank you for your comments. Regarding them:
>"Chris, downloading an .iso with the slow EDGE Inet connection available here in rural India is not feasible."

Well, it would be feasible, it would just take a while. However, if you download Xubuntu, it would be a bit smaller, than Ubuntu:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/

As well, one may download it if the connection keeps dropping out via a terminal:
wget -c http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso

This will resume a dropped connection where it left off so you don't
have to keep starting from scratch.

>"Would running apport with the current Ubuntu version and the new BIOS
be helpful?"

Unfortunately, no.

>"I can probably update the kernel to the latest upstream kernel if that
would be useful too, though the 3.8.0-35 kernel now in the system was
only made available as an auto-upgrade a few days ago."

You are welcome to test the latest repo kernel. However, if it doesn't
work, having tested the latest release would still need to occur.

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Title:
  Regular black screens since automatic kernel upgrade

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Since upgrading the kernel along with other automatic software updates
  (about 200MB download) the video of this system regularly blanks after
  a few minutes of operation or shows a black screen with white text
  having machine gibberish that looks like a log file with seconds at
  the left edge. Resetting the display screen to never turn off
  automatically doesn't help.  Unplugging the laptop's monitor and
  plugging it in again will usually restore normal functioning, but only
  for a while.

  This sort of problem occurred the previous two times automatic kernel
  upgrades were installed and was fixed by a display manager update that
  followed about  a week later, at least in one case.  Maybe three times
  is a charm and the underlying problem will now be solved.

  Thanks.

  I'm filing another bug regarding a crash that occurred during one of
  the video hang-ups when monitor unplugging didn't help.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-34.49-generic 3.8.13.12
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-34-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
  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
  Date: Thu Dec 26 15:30:39 2013
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: raring
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:2102]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-17 (191 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. K55A
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-34-generic root=UUID=440d36e9-d062-454d-bbc6-f718f29b97ad ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: K55A.404
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: K55A
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK55A.404:bd08/20/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnK55A:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnK55A:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: K55A
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.7-1ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.7-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4.3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
  xserver.bootTime: Thu Dec 26 15:10:03 2013
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
  xserver.video_driver: intel

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