Henri Coetzee, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/vostro-3500/drivers an update to your BIOS is available (A10). 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
Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Description changed: My computer hangs when I open the System Settings in Ubuntu 14.04. This was a clean install and I have already re-installed 3 times, but the issue still exists. This also happens when I open any setting window (appearance, battery ,etc.). + + WORKAROUND: sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus + linux-headers-generic bbswitch-dkms mesa-utils nvidia-331-updates ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a10 ** Summary changed: - Computer hangs whem opening system settings + [Dell Vostro 3500] Computer hangs when opening system settings ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Tags added: needs-crash-log -- 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/1310276 Title: [Dell Vostro 3500] Computer hangs when opening system settings Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: My computer hangs when I open the System Settings in Ubuntu 14.04. This was a clean install and I have already re-installed 3 times, but the issue still exists. This also happens when I open any setting window (appearance, battery ,etc.). WORKAROUND: sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic bbswitch-dkms mesa-utils nvidia-331-updates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1310276/+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
