Thank you for your advice. I am reading teh instructions and planning how to carry them out. I will let you know what happens
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > David Lukens, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu > better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product- > support/product/inspiron-530/drivers an update to your computer's buggy > and outdated BIOS is available (1.0.18). 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, and the information above is provided, then > please mark this report Status New. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.0.18 > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421870 > > Title: > Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem." > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Desktop sometimes does not show the word "Activities" or show the > icons when I clip on the space where "Activities" would appear. But > there is some vague shadow in the space where the icons would appear, > and if I click on that shadow, the activity shows up, ver slowly. > Also the cursor follows the motion of the. mouse in a very jerky > fashion > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10 > Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic i686 > .tmp.unity.support.test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7 > Architecture: i386 > CompizPlugins: No value set for > `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' > CompositorRunning: None > Date: Fri Feb 13 16:58:33 2015 > DistUpgraded: 2014-08-18 10:57:39,261 DEBUG enabling apt cron job > DistroCodename: trusty > DistroVariant: ubuntu > ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical > GraphicsCard: > Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X300] [1002:5b60] > (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0602] > Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0603] > InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-23 (1147 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 > (20110720.1) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic > root=UUID=cae6c065-d019-48bf-8d63-62bd8110fc2d ro quiet splash > SourcePackage: xorg > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-18 (179 days ago) > dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2007 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 1.0.3 > dmi.board.name: 0RY007 > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.version: OEM > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.3:bd07/12/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RY007:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM: > dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1 > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.3 > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev > 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 > xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 11 17:14:24 2015 > xserver.configfile: default > xserver.errors: evdev: USB Optical Mouse: Unable to open evdev device > "/dev/input/event3". > xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 > xserver.video_driver: radeon > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1421870/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421870 Title: Repeated "Xubuntu has a problem." 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