May I suggest to update your bug reporting etiquette to not require bios updates if the motherboard manufactuerer does not provide a reliable way to update the bios from within Ubuntu whilst the motherboard is working stable? I bricked my MSI motherboard yesterday by installing BIOS version 4.3 using FreeDOS. The update went great but now my motherboard is in an infinite boot loop. After about 7 secs the motherboard resets. See also Google for a lot of people facing the same with this unstable MSI motherboard with unfriendly Linux support and a buggy BIOS update procedure. MSI is a bad choice for Linux / Ubuntu. (yes there is some intended SEO in this report)
So, this bug report costs me at least 50EUR and a lot of time :-( I will test again when I have a new motherboard installed and time for testing. Obviously, I will refrain from doing a BIOS update if requested here... Any suggestions for which motherboard to buy? I need USB3, ethernet, 3 SATA-600 ports and 5.1 or higher onboard sound. I prefer no separate onboard RAID controller as this slows down booting and Linux software RAID is easier/much more reliable. Linux stability is very important, especially as this computer is put to sleep often. Are Asrock and Gigabyte Linux-friendly brands? Which Intel chipset will be the most reliable: B75, P75, H77? What Realtek chips will give the most reliable and best sound experience in Ubuntu: ALC662, ALC887 or ALC892? Thanks for the support! -- Mvg, Sander Devrieze. 2014-12-05 22:38 GMT+01:00 Christopher M. Penalver < [email protected]>: > sander, as per http://www.msi.com/support/mb/P67AGD65.html#down-bios an > update to your BIOS is available (4.3). 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, then please mark this report Status Confirmed. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-4.3 > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354668 > > Title: > Fix for suspend/hibernate with DVB-t USB stick > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1354668/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354668 Title: Fix for suspend/hibernate with DVB-t USB stick Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have a Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS DVB-t USB stick, but when you suspend the system while a radio or TV channel is actively playing in some application, the system does not correctly suspend the device. The system will not wake up again and you have to reset the computer. This bug exists for at least 3 year and likely people with similar DVB-t USB sticks will be affected as well. I have created a failure proof workaround solution for VLC by creating the script /etc/pm/sleep.d/50_dvb_usb_dib0700_quirk: #!/bin/sh PASS=<enter password for LUA telnet access to VLC> case "$1" in hibernate|suspend) # check whether a stream with "telx" (Teletext) is active or not if [ "`{ echo $PASS; echo "info"; } | netcat localhost 4212 -q 1 | grep -c telx`" -eq "0" ] then continue else { echo $PASS; echo "stop"; } | netcat localhost 4212 -q 1 > /dev/null fi modprobe -r dvb_usb_dib0700 sleep 1 ;; thaw|resume) modprobe dvb_usb_dib0700 # automatically start playing after wake up { echo $PASS; echo "play"; } | netcat localhost 4212 -q 1 > /dev/null ;; *) exit $NA ;; esac This solution was inspired by: http://forum.xbmc.org/printthread.php?tid=71490 --- ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: sander 2632 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: sander 2632 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Bestand of map bestaat niet CurrentDesktop: Unity DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c4ca47bf-e5b3-4e55-8e04-7545c1f50cdd IwConfig: p6p1 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: MSI MS-7681 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-39-generic root=UUID=e882cc04-9882-4d29-b98d-cd0144f876ad ro quiet splash nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-39-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-39-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.10 RfKill: Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-21 (166 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom debian-transmission dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare saned sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.14 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 2.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.14:bd07/13/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7681:pvr2.0:rvnMSI:rnP67A-GD65(MS-7681):rvr2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr2.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7681 dmi.product.version: 2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1354668/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
