Thank you very much for your comment Leann. I decided to update to the latest BIOS version first, I downloaded and applied BIOS version 1.14 for my notebook. After the update, the message disappeared. So I'm marking this bug as invalid because it was a problem with my notebook's BIOS rather than Ubuntu's kernel.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- kernel gives message "DMI BIOS year==0" at startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs