Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-12-02 Thread Romuald
Hi Christopher, I've been running the A10 for few weeks now, and it doesn't fix the issue. Your command output is: A10 8/28/2013 On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Romuald, as per > http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/P

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-11-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Romuald, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/xps-13-l321x-mlk an update is available for your BIOS (A10). 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, a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-20 Thread Sam VdE
I am definitely booting in EFI, as my laptop does not have a Bios enabled bootloader installed. Installation from USB will probably bring you in Bios mode though meaning you will have to fix the EFI afterwards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, wh

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-19 Thread Steve Beaulac
I'm sure when you enabled the "Load Legacy Option Rom" the bios initialize some of the hardware differently then when that option is disabled. I'm sure that I'm booting with the efi kernel Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic.efi.signed ** Attachment added: "dmesg" https:

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-19 Thread Romuald
That's the way I use 13.10 on my XPS. But I'm pretty sure, in that case, you just start in Bios mode and not in UEFI. That's why it works. I made several testing with USB key, booting in Bios mode always works, booting in UEFI never. On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Steve Beaulac <1234...@bugs.la

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-19 Thread Sam VdE
Hi Steve Thank you for this workaround, I confirm this also works for me! I _think_ this brings you in USB bios mode per default when installing? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-18 Thread Steve Beaulac
I was able to get UEFI working with kernel 3.11.0-12-generic on my XPS 13 L322x HD I booted into my XPS bios setup, navigated to the boot tab, and configure the setting as below; Secure Boot: Disable Load Legacy Option Rom: Enabled Boot List Option: UEFI As stated in my previous comment (#12) I

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-18 Thread Sam VdE
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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/1234546 Title: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-18 Thread Sam VdE
I confirm the bug still exists in latest mainline kernel 3.12.0-031200rc5. Can we please increase the priority on this? If I would have followed the 13.04 dist upgrade suggestion, I would have ended up with a non- functional system. This is an Ubuntu promoted machine! -- You received this bug no

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-17 Thread Steve Beaulac
I confirm this bug, I also have the EFI booting turn on, and have the brightness issue since kernel 3.8.0-30-generic. https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1169376 When I use kernel 3.8.0-29-generic from ubuntu 13.04 in 13.10 I don't have the screen refresh issue or the brightness issue.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-17 Thread Sam VdE
I confirm this bug and I would like to extend it: it is not limited to the installer LiveUSB. When using the Dell XPS 13 and booting using UEFI, the screen goes crazy with lots of ghost images etc. as the OP describes. I unfortunately use EFI to boot several instances of Ubuntu, making saucy unusa

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-17 Thread Romuald
Hi Joseph. Just tried with Ubuntu 13.04 : - there is NO this screen refresh issue - but there is an issue with the screen backlight which is not handled at all on my XPS13 So the refresh issue has been introduced between 13.04 and 13.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-08 Thread Romuald
Hi Joseph, I first tried to install in UEFI with Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 Beta 1, and this is when I first met the issue. I never tried with 13.04 but I can if you think that might be interesting. On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Joseph Salisbury < joseph.salisb...@canonical.com> wrote: > Did this iss

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-07 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? This will help determine if the problem you are seeing is the result of the introduction of a regression, and when this regression was introduced. If this is a regre

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-04 Thread Romuald
Hi, Could someone tell me why this bug is incomplete and what can be done to complete it? Thanks. -- 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/1234546 Title: Plymouth screen refresh

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-03 Thread Romuald
Added the "kernel-bug-exists-upstream" tag. -- 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/1234546 Title: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode Status in

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-03 Thread Romuald
Just tested with the mainline kernel 3.12.0 RC3 from the 2013-09-29. Same issue. On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Joseph Salisbury < joseph.salisb...@canonical.com> wrote: > Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer > to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds .

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-03 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.12 kernel[0]. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. If the mainline kernel does not fix t

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-03 Thread Romuald
Oups, forgot to write that this affects all Ubuntu flavours. I also tested with a Xubuntu 13.10 Beta Live USB. -- 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/1234546 Title: Plymouth scre

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1234546] Re: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode

2013-10-03 Thread Steve Langasek
** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- 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/1234546 Title: Plymouth screen refresh is bad when Live USB is started in UEFI mode