I would like to add few observations: 1. Seems like the issue is Power Management related since I've never experienced it with AC adapter connected and sometimes almost instantly after disconnecting it, the flickering is started.
2. Sometimes first "flick" after reboot or PM change is accompanied with "[drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915_bpo]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun" 3. My dmesg is not as clean as the one provided by original reporter. It filled with quite a few bug/dump reports of i915 driver. Attaching my dmesg.log. 4. Once in a while, I find the computer in state which seems like a hardware "hang" but I suspect it's an i915 driver fault since sometimes after a prolonged wait the computer finally wakes up and later I find the errors mentioned in 3. Note those hangs can happen even if the computer is powered from AC and no automatic suspend is configured. Seems like upstream bug report didn't get the attention it deserves, any ideas on how to assist with this bug(s) resolution? -- 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/1554613 Title: screen flickering on XPS13 9350 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: see LP: #1552304 does not affect 4.4.0-8 affects 4.4.0-9 to 4.4.0-16 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-generic 4.4.0.11.12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-8.23-generic 4.4.2 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: tbonfort 1498 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Mar 8 09:57:12 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3248e0d7-0dac-4ccc-8982-b5ac5ce6ed5e InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-07 (61 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:670c Microdia Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:6412 Broadcom Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9350 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-8-generic root=UUID=757547b8-d0e4-4eb8-8afd-920b743f99a4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-8-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-8-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.156 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-28 (9 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/08/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.2.3 dmi.board.name: 07TYC2 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.2.3:bd01/08/2016:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139350:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn07TYC2:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9350 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1554613/+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
