Screen flickers when using external monitor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Continued from Bug 1572667
Occasionally my external monitor will go black for a second and then return. Currently I am running the mainline kernel version 4.6.7-040607 and the problem does not appear.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Sep 13 11:25:58 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [17aa:2227]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-04 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
MachineType: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/13/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N14ET32W (1.10 )
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 20BSCTO1WW
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 20BSCTO1WW
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Tue Sep 13 11:24:55 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 1049
vendor LGD
xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3
Also this only happens when using my external dock not with the display port on the laptop.