[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Howard Cheng, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1495110/comments/11 regarding this being fixed with a BIOS update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-22 Thread Howard Cheng
Yes, it works with 3.13.0-63 after BIOS update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1495110 Title: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Howard Cheng, so how about with the default Ubuntu kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1495110 Title: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore To manage notifications

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-18 Thread Howard Cheng
I updated my BIOS to the latest version, and everything is now working as far as I can tell (with 4.2-unstable). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1495110 Title: External VGA port on

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-17 Thread Howard Cheng
It may take me a while to try the BIOS update. I am having difficulties doing it since I don't have Windows at all on my machine (and the update is Windows only...). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Howard Cheng, as per http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (2.11). 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

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-14 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.3

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-14 Thread Howard Cheng
I use this laptop for teaching, so the only thing I know is that it was working in April and it's no longer working in September (I haven't tried in between). The reason I suspected it was the kernel was based on a web search of similar problems (though none seems exactly the same as mine, and

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-14 Thread Howard Cheng
I have trouble installing v4.3-rc1-unstable since the only debian package available is the headers. I have, however, tried 4.2-unstable and the result is exactly the same as what I reported for 3.16.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1495110] Re: External VGA port on laptop does not work anymore

2015-09-14 Thread Howard Cheng
If I were to try to install an older kernel to see if I can roll back and make it work again, what is a good version (let's say whatever is available on 14.04 LTS around March 2015)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.