Christopher, I have tried in a number of ways to update the BIOS but failed.
The computer does not have UEFI and there is no option to use "Flash BIOS upgrade" when using F12. I cannot burn the iso image for FreeDOS to a memory stick (to use it to install the BIOS update .exe file) and when I burn it to a CD and reboot I cannot find an option for running FreeDOS without installing it on my hard disk. In any case my BIOS only allows me to boot from a disk. I do not have the linux competence to follow some of the other suggestions and am running out of options. Do you know of a simple way to achieve a BIOS update with linux? regards, John 01367 820542 N51°36'49.88", W1°32'32.90" On 01/11/15 17:38, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: > John Deakin, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- > support/product/vostro-220/drivers an update to your computer's buggy > and outdated BIOS is available (1.3.0). 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 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.3.0 > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510660 Title: Screen icons and text corrupted after 15.10 upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1510660/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
