screen flickering with blue shades

[Varun Garg]

my ubuntu gnome graphics were laggy, so I decided to upgrade my graphics driver (intel 665GM) drivers. I added ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers and upgraded my system, now my system is a bit smoother but I face blue flashes for some time after logging in

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sun Aug 17 11:41:30 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-07 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic root=UUID=911092cd-fbfd-4578-b7d0-d355f43cd430 ro splash quiet
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.name: 0N6705
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd07/08/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N6705:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56+git1408150630.d9ce09~gd~t
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3~git1408161930.9d9879~gd~t
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3~git1408161930.9d9879~gd~t
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.99+git1408121930.1ff383~gd~t
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914+git1408150731.f8e632~gd~t
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10+git1408110731.17de66~gd~t
xserver.bootTime: Sun Aug 17 11:40:20 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 intel: Failed to load module "dri3" (module does not exist, 0)
 intel: Failed to load module "present" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 0
 vendor LPL
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Varun Garg, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/xps-m1330/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A15). 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

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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