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FS#48803 - [linux] Screen Flickers

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Ishbir Singh (Ishbir) - Sunday, 03 April 2016, 21:48 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 03 August 2016, 15:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 5
Private No

Details

Description:

I have a Dell XPS 9550 with a Skylake processor. With the latest version of the driver and Xfce, my screen always flickers randomly, no matter what I do. I'm running Linux 4.5 but I think the problem existed with 4.4.5 as well.

Additional info:
* Version: 1:2.99.917+587
* Xfce Version: 4.12.3-1

Steps to reproduce:
- Upgrade to the latest version.
- Start Xfce.

Fixes:
- Downgrade to xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+579+g74cd4d0.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 03 August 2016, 15:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Ishbir Singh (Ishbir) - Sunday, 03 April 2016, 21:53 GMT
Problem exists with an unmodified xorg.conf as well with: Option "DRI" "3"
Comment by Ishbir Singh (Ishbir) - Sunday, 03 April 2016, 22:17 GMT
Update: seems like I didn't test enough. The problem came back as soon as I started a full-screen video in VLC.
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 04 April 2016, 18:03 GMT
Please check with latest git commits and if still broken please report the regression upstream.
Comment by Ishbir Singh (Ishbir) - Wednesday, 06 April 2016, 17:24 GMT
Seems that the problem is actually with the kernel (4.5) and not this package. Source: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1615802#p1615802. The 'fix' doesn't work for me but downgrading to 4.4.5 fixed the issue. Sorry for the confusion.
Comment by Tomas Mudrunka (harvie) - Saturday, 09 April 2016, 15:52 GMT
Same here, for me it flickers only with multiple monitors, when i cross mouse from one to another. see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1618552
Comment by Tomas Mudrunka (harvie) - Saturday, 16 April 2016, 01:32 GMT
For me it seems to be resolved after upgrading to latest arch...
Comment by Ishbir Singh (Ishbir) - Sunday, 17 April 2016, 17:54 GMT
Problem still not resolved with 4.5.1.
Comment by Whitley Striber (WhitleyStriber) - Sunday, 31 July 2016, 01:03 GMT
Can confirm screen flicker this past week since upgrading xf86-intel. I'm using GNOME and latest 4.6.4-1 kernel.
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 03 August 2016, 03:06 GMT
Ishbir, are you still seeing this? there's a request to close the ticket saying it's fixed.
Comment by Ishbir Singh (Ishbir) - Wednesday, 03 August 2016, 15:39 GMT
I don't see any flickering anymore. I was the one who requested that the issue be closed.
Comment by Whitley Striber (WhitleyStriber) - Wednesday, 03 August 2016, 15:45 GMT
I am still experiencing the problem. How can I fix this? I can't downgrade to xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+579+g74cd4d0 because I can't find the tar for it.

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