I am still not 100% sure but after a day with this kernel: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc1-wily/ I can report the following:
1. No flickering 2. No more kernel dumps/bugs reports 3. No more i915 warnings 4. No more suspend issues 5. No more Dell WMI events errors 6. Not that it wasn't great but battery life seems to be improved (might be a placebo effect) Looks like Linux 4.4 is just not ready for Skylake and backporting all the fixes is going to be hell for both maintainers and users. If I were in position, I would push for Kernel 4.6 as an official kernel variant for 16.04 (before 16.04.1). I just hope Dell will create enough momentum for those issues to be resolved soon, after all it's their flagship device with official Ubuntu support. -- 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: Unknown 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/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
