Dr. Pratt, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (3.16). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
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, if the problem is still reproducible: 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect): sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not. 3) Please mark this report Status New. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-3.16 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535720 Title: system error message Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: A system error message is displayed upon boot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-43.49~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt10 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-43-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Tue Jan 19 07:04:40 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0349] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-16 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20150805) MachineType: Acer AOD255E ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-43-generic root=UUID=1e7e561f-8ed0-4091-bada-9394ba2dfa10 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/15/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V3.15(DDR3) dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JE02_PT_E dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: V3.15(DDR3) dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V3.15(DDR3) dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV3.15(DDR3):bd02/15/2011:svnAcer:pnAOD255E:pvrV3.15(DDR3):rvnAcer:rnJE02_PT_E:rvrV3.15(DDR3):cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV3.15(DDR3): dmi.product.name: AOD255E dmi.product.version: V3.15(DDR3) dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Tue Jan 19 06:48:27 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 4120 vendor CMO xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3~trusty1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1535720/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp