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 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-4.3 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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
