Comment 7 for bug 2023927

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salvatore campeggio (scampeggio) wrote : Re: [Bug 2023927] Re: Screen flickering whe update images

This is the result of driver check:

camp@camp-medion:~$ glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: Mesa/X.org (0xffffffff)
    Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)
    Version: 21.2.6
    Accelerated: no
    Video memory: 15746MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 4.5
    Max compat profile version: 3.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa/X.org
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.2.6
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 21.2.6
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 21.2.6
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20

On 16/06/2023, Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:
> In that case it sounds like a driver bug.
>
> Firstly please check you're not using the deprecated 'intel' Xorg
> driver. It should be the 'modesetting' driver, although the attached
> logs suggest you're already using that.
>
> Secondly try live booting a newer Ubuntu release and tell us if it has
> the same problem: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2023927
>
> Title:
> Screen flickering whe update images
>
> Status in linux-hwe-5.13 package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Often, when there are small changes in image displayed, an horizontal
> flickering is observed. This happen for example on a mouse right button
> menu, or when a hyperlink description appears on the screen bottom when
> mouse pointer cross some field on a webpage, also when favorites menu
> appear.
> The flickering usually disappear in a few moments, sometimes (usually when
> a few pixels are updating) it can last for seconds.
> This flickering is caused by a late updating of some horizontal lines, so
> for awhile a few lines of previous image coexist with a majority of new
> ones
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
> Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-41.46~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
> Uname: Linux 5.13.0-41-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.23
> Architecture: amd64
> BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
> CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
> CompositorRunning: None
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Wed Jun 14 22:44:12 2023
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: focal
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus:
> virtualbox, 6.1.32, 5.13.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
> virtualbox, 6.1.32, 5.13.0-41-generic, x86_64: installed
> virtualbox, 6.1.32, 5.4.0-126-generic, x86_64: installed
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation Device [8086:9a49] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA
> controller])
> Subsystem: Device [1e39:a025]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-01-01 (529 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
> (20210819)
> Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 127: lsusb: symbol
> lookup error: lsusb: undefined symbol: libusb_error_name
> Lsusb-t: Error: command ['lsusb', '-t'] failed with exit code 127: lsusb:
> symbol lookup error: lsusb: undefined symbol: libusb_error_name
> Lsusb-v: Error: command ['lsusb', '-v'] failed with exit code 127: lsusb:
> symbol lookup error: lsusb: undefined symbol: libusb_error_name
> MachineType: MEDION S15449
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13.0-41-generic
> root=UUID=cbfc0023-baf3-4a11-b0aa-6dadbd0f60f7 ro quiet splash pci=noaer
> vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Symptom: display
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 04/09/2021
> dmi.bios.release: 5.19
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
> dmi.bios.version: 212
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
> dmi.board.name: M15T
> dmi.board.vendor: MEDION
> dmi.board.version: Default string
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: MEDION
> dmi.chassis.version: Default string
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvr212:bd04/09/2021:br5.19:svnMEDION:pnS15449:pvrDefaultstring:rvnMEDION:rnM15T:rvrDefaultstring:cvnMEDION:ct10:cvrDefaultstring:skuML-23000830031014:
> dmi.product.family: Akoya
> dmi.product.name: S15449
> dmi.product.sku: ML-230008 30031014
> dmi.product.version: Default string
> dmi.sys.vendor: MEDION
> version.compiz: compiz N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.107-8ubuntu1~20.04.2
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.2.6-0ubuntu0.1~20.04.2
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1
>
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