Richard Muller, as per http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/04/Product/inspiron-1764 an update is available for your BIOS (A13). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, 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 Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a13 needs-upstream-testing regression- potential ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/1182038 Title: kernel panic fatal exception in interrupt Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Systems stops and have to restart again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-22-generic 3.8.0-22.33 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mulbe01 1711 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country NL: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Date: Mon May 20 14:07:20 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8e5fb399-6829-49ab-b268-d170987a1457 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-16 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1764 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-22-generic root=UUID=41056dbe-501c-4906-96f3-0b76f734e35a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/17/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A04 dmi.board.name: 0TKV96 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A04 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A04 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd01/17/2010:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1764:pvrA04:rvnDellInc.:rn0TKV96:rvrA04:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA04: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1764 dmi.product.version: A04 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1182038/+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