Screen Flicker on Intel 915 Video adapter.
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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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
From what I've read this has been a lingering issue since somewhere around the 9.xx release. I just wanted to let you all know I still see this in 10.04 and 10.10. The screen will flicker severely after about a day of use and resolves for most of the day. I've noticed that the keyboard will not respond as well during flickers and letters go missing when flickers happen mid typing.
This is the first bug I've submitted so I hope I've included enough info.
lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
02:06.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
02:06.4 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/
02:06.5 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/
10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 31 18:38:02 2010
DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.0.0, 2.6.32-27-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 192f:0416 Avago Technologies, Pte.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq tc4200 (PV984AW#ABA)
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-
dmi.bios.date: 10/30/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DTH Ver. F.0F
dmi.board.name: 0938
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 38.59
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq tc4200 (PV984AW#ABA)
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-27-generic
tags: | added: flicker |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
status: | Invalid → New |
I found a reference somewhere (sorry, didn't note the URL, not that it matters much). It suggested to add i915.powersave=0 to grub in order to turn off the power save of the video adapter. It doesn't seem to help though. I still get sever flicker after about 24 hours. As I try more thing I'll try to add them to this ticket.