Thanks for your willingness to help me. Because I had installed the "tweak"program, and apparently used it incorrectly, I messed up my 15.10 installation to the point where I couldn't use my computer. So I reinstalled 15.10 and made numerous attempts to upgrade my BIOS---with no success. (According to what I read, there was supposed to be an "easy flash" setting in the BIOS advanced settings--but I couldn't find anything near it). I tried one manual change in my BIOS (snooping change from disabled to enabled) but it didn't help with the situation so I returned it to disabled. The bug continues to plague my system and whereas sometimes I can get back to a normal screen by ctl+alt+del and then x-ing out the close/restart box, often the whole system freezes and my mouse stops working so I have to reboot. The BIOS version is 0310 release date: 12/24/07
I just got "frozen " out and rebooted. fortunately gmail saved everything in this note as a draft/ For the meanwhile, I'll ciontinue tryint to upgrade my BIOS. Thanks again On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Christopher M. Penalver < [email protected]> wrote: > efmesch, as per > http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5GCMX1333/HelpDesk_Download/ an update > to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (0413). 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, if the problem is still reproducible, and the > information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New. > Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-0413 > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514260 > > Title: > Monitor problems with Ubuntu 15.10 > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I Updated to Ubuntu 15.10 with a full new installation. My monitor > (Viewpoint, VP 712 DI, 17") that worked perfectly with 14.04 has bouts of > flipping from normal performance to pixelated nonsense images. > I uninstalled 15.10 and reinstalled 14.04 and the problem disappeared. I > also disaassembled the monitor and checked it out inside: all the > capacitors are healthy and the boards seem in perfect condition. > > After being convinced that the monitor was not at fault, I upgraded > 14.04 to 15.10, hoping that the driver for the monitor in 14.04 would > remain in service but apparently the upgrade (as did the new comoplete > installation) still changed the driver and my monitor is once again > acting up. > > I manage, most of the time, to return my picture to normal by typing > cont+alt+del, which brings up the "shut down/restart" option. I "X" the > box closed and usually get the monitor to return to normal > functioning---for a while. > Obviously, this is not a viable solution for the long term. > > My question is, how do I get and install a driver that will properly > handle the performance of my monitor? Can I "hijack" the driver from 12.04 > and activate it in 15.10? > --- > .tmp.unity.support.test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 > 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 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: wily > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 > DistroVariant: ubuntu > ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical > GraphicsCard: > Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] > (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:817a] > MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name > Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 > PackageArchitecture: i386 > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-17-generic > root=UUID=26e58a2c-f5ef-45cb-9673-a44421fece1a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3 > Tags: wily ubuntu compiz-0.9 > UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' > Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic i686 > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > UserGroups: > > _MarkForUpload: True > dmi.bios.date: 12/24/2007 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 0310 > dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.board.name: P5GC-MX/1333 > dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. > dmi.board.version: Rev x.xx > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC. > dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.xx > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0310:bd12/24/2007:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrRev1.xx:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5GC-MX/1333:rvrRevx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct3:cvrRev1.xx: > dmi.product.name: System Product Name > dmi.product.version: Rev 1.xx > dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1 > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4 > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev > 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati > 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3 > xserver.bootTime: Sat Nov 14 20:46:48 2015 > xserver.configfile: default > xserver.errors: > > xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xserver.outputs: > product id 1810 > vendor VIE > xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1514260/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514260 Title: Monitor problems with Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1514260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
