Christopher Penalver (message #3) I have experimented with the bios upgrade as you suggest.
I managed to upgrade the bios as you requested to 2.6.3 but this does not seem to solve the problem; when I boot from today's Saucy image, I still get the weird herringbone stripey screen. The workaround is still to wait for the screen to blank and then when it reactivates it appears to be normal. I do not understand your comment "Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful". I will assume that you mean I must do the update before I do the sudo dmidecode... and not that you mean opening a new bug report. If I assume incorrectly, please let me know. Therefore, the results of the commands are: clh@valencia:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2.6.3 12/07/2007 clh@valencia:~$ In case anyone else is interested, I made a valiant effort to update the bios from Linux but this is one of those new bios updaters that "must" be run from Windows, and I could not get any of the methods noted in the link provided by Christopher to work. I am therefore embarrassed to say that I had the Windows install disks handy and therefore used them to upgrade the bios. On the bright side, this is the first time since 2005 that I have used Windows to do anything. -- 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/1234429 Title: vertical coloured lines / herringbone pattern on startup Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This problem occurs intermittently on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop. For instance, on booting the Saucy beta 2 release from USB stick; or today, booting the installed 13.10 beta 2 with all updates current. But not always. The workaround is to wait for the screen to blank on power save; when it is reactivated, the display is fine. Or if screen blanking is not engaged, close the lid, wait, and open it again. The screen is 100% illegible when this happens. This problem has been noted by myself and others and was formerly tracked as bug 572521 but the originator of that bug no longer has the hardware. This is my testing machine so I am able and willing to try anything on it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: linux-image-3.11.0-11-generic 3.11.0-11.17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 2520 F.... pulseaudio Date: Wed Oct 2 15:02:02 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=048b201c-8624-4725-829b-494813ad22d1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-01 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1501 MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-11-generic root=UUID=0af7925d-8330-4b61-8598-b7b32a88aac2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-11-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-11-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.116 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/15/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2.3.0 dmi.board.name: 0UW744 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.3.0:bd03/15/2006:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1501:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0UW744:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1501 dmi.product.version: Not Specified dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1234429/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
