screen flickering

[Hari Prasad Rao]

sometimes screen is continuously flickering

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-39.42-generic 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Jul 24 17:06:28 2022
DistUpgraded: 2022-04-25 11:41:26,744 INFO cache.commit()
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [8086:1916] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [1028:06b2]
   Subsystem: Dell Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / Radeon 520 Mobile] [1028:06b2]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-24 (515 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:920b Suyin Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5559
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=e2bb84ca-dd6e-40ec-8b37-00f696fb958e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-04-25 (90 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2020
dmi.bios.release: 1.9
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.9.0
dmi.board.name: 04D1V1
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.9.0:bd09/07/2020:br1.9:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5559:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn04D1V1:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:sku06B2:
dmi.product.family: Inspiron
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5559
dmi.product.sku: 06B2
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.110-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 22.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 22.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2build3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Is this related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1982650 ?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Same machine so assume it's the same bug.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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 1982650, 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.