Major screen flickering in Chromium and Google Chrome
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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OEM Priority Project |
Fix Released
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Critical
|
Julian Liu | ||
X.Org X server |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Kerry Martin |
Bug Description
On a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 I noticed major screen flickering issues in Chromium and Google Chrome browsers. Since this never happened in Ubuntu 15.10 with exactly the same Google Chrome binary, I believe, bug is caused by something that was added/updated in 16.04. I came across some discussions where different people suggested that it is related to new X.Org version.
Here's a video to show what is happening: https:/
I could fix this flickering with --disable-
Update: this indeed happens only when browser window is maximized.
WORKAROUND:
1. sudo apt-get purge xserver-
2. sudo rm /usr/share/
3. reboot
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 4.6.0-040600-
.tmp.unity_
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat May 28 00:01:20 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
vboxhost, 5.0.20, 4.4.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 5.0.20, 4.6.0-040600-
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a2e] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [1043:13bd]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-01 (26 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX301LAA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/05/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: UX301LAA.211
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: UX301LAA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: UX301LAA
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Sun May 22 23:28:15 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 5126
vendor SHP
xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Manuel (marsbellini) |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: latest-bios-211 |
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Manuel (marsbellini) → nobody |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
description: | updated |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in oem-priority: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Julian Liu (julian-liu) |
Changed in oem-priority: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Kerry Martin (kerryg) |
Created attachment 123024
xorg log
Dell XPS 15 9530
kernel 4.6.0-rc3- 00182-gb9f5dba (and many older versions) 634-g81029be
Mesa 11.2.0
intel driver: SNA compiled from 2.99.917-
xserver 1.18.3
google chrome 49.0.2623.112 (with default flags in flags://) and when viewing youtube in fullscreen there is flickering visible depending on mouse movements (mouse over youtube overlayed texts/menus).
Problem is visible here: ixion.pld- linux.org/ ~arekm/ p2/intel- bug-x1. avi
http://
This problem is there for many months, so older versions of kernel, mesa, intel ddx, xserver, google chrome were also exhibiting this behaviour here.