Screen Keeps Blinking/Flickering after waking up from lock

Bug #1910861 reported by Rishiraj Sharma
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1909496: [i915] Blinking unlock screen. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04

What you expected to happen?
After waking up from lock it should show the enter password screen and then after entering password it should show desktop

What happened instead?
After waking up the machine from lock , its starts flickering/blinking with black backlight for some times (from 20 seconds to 5 mins) and then shows enter password screen to login.

Following is my hardware information along with a short video what happens

Hardware Information :
System: Kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Gnome 3.36.3
           Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Vostro 15-3568 v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Dell model: 01Y1RD v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 01.08.00 date: 03/23/2017

CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21599
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 802 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
           Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: i915 resolution: 1366x768~48Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes

Video Link : hhttps://youtu.be/XPfYNbduPig
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: rishiraj 1366 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-10 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 15-3568
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-36-generic root=UUID=ac2bc6f4-820f-41d4-b012-59118c273761 ro quiet splash drm.debug=0x1e log_buf_len=4M vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187.7
Tags: focal wayland-session
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 03/23/2017
dmi.bios.release: 1.8
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 01.08.00
dmi.board.name: 01Y1RD
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr01.08.00:bd03/23/2017:br1.8:svnDellInc.:pnVostro15-3568:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn01Y1RD:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Vostro
dmi.product.name: Vostro 15-3568
dmi.product.sku: 0794
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

description: updated
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affects: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1910861

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
tags: added: focal
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Rishiraj Sharma (rishiwork1) wrote : AlsaInfo.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected wayland-session
description: updated
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status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1909496, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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