Comment 3 for bug 1525390

Hi,

Since making the bug report, I've updated the BIOS, without any apparent
improvement.

Matt

On 9 January 2016 at 06:36, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> mjh, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
>
> As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-
> support/product/inspiron-15-3552-laptop/drivers an update to your
> computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (4.0.1). If you update
> to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it
> change anything?
>
> For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
> .
>
> Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
> posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
> have to create a new bug report.
>
> Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
> 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not
> perform an apport-collect):
> sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
> 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an
> improvement or not.
> 3) Please mark this report Status New. If it's not reproducible, please
> mark this as Invalid.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-4.0.1
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1525390
>
> Title:
> [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on
> pipe A
>
> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Dell 3552 Inspiron laptop, bought with Ubuntu 14.04LTS upgraded, to
> 15.10.
>
> Every few minutes the following appears in the syslog:
> [ 6355.488381] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update
> failure on pipe A (start=1171 end=1172)
>
> Does not seem to be related to any specific user activity, though I note
> the Chrome 47 displays many graphical artifacts in images.
> Additionally, the below stack trace often appears:
>
> [ 1365.284232] perf interrupt took too long (2502 > 2500), lowering
> kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
> [ 1599.998487] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 1599.998536] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2333 at
> /build/linux-26_gwp/linux-4.2.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:11102
> intel_check_page_flip+0xfc/0x110 [i915]()
> [ 1599.998539] Kicking stuck page flip: queued at 94224, now 94229
> [ 1599.998541] Modules linked in: ctr ccm ip6table_filter ip6_tables
> iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables pci_stub vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE)
> rfcomm vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE) msr bnep binfmt_misc rtsx_usb_ms memstick
> snd_hda_codec_hdmi dell_led snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic
> btusb uvcvideo dell_wmi btrtl snd_hda_intel sparse_keymap btbcm
> videobuf2_vmalloc btintel videobuf2_memops snd_hda_codec videobuf2_core
> bluetooth v4l2_common snd_hda_core snd_hwdep arc4 videodev media snd_pcm
> dell_laptop dcdbas nls_iso8859_1 rtl8723be snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event
> intel_rapl snd_rawmidi dell_smm_hwmon btcoexist rtl8723_common
> intel_powerclamp rtl_pci coretemp rtlwifi kvm_intel mac80211 kvm
> punit_atom_debug cfg80211 snd_seq input_leds joydev serio_raw
> snd_seq_device snd_timer lpc_ich snd mei_txe mei
> [ 1599.998609] shpchp soundcore iosf_mbi i2c_designware_platform
> mac_hid i2c_designware_core dell_rbtn synaptics_i2c parport_pc ppdev lp
> parport autofs4 jitterentropy_rng drbg ansi_cprng algif_skcipher af_alg
> dm_crypt rtsx_usb_sdmmc rtsx_usb crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul aesni_intel
> aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper i915 cryptd psmouse
> i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm ahci libahci wmi sdhci_acpi video sdhci
> pinctrl_cherryview
> [ 1599.998649] CPU: 0 PID: 2333 Comm: Chrome_IOThread Tainted: G
> OE 4.2.0-19-generic #23-Ubuntu
> [ 1599.998651] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 15-3552/0CP33T, BIOS
> 3.0.3 08/26/2015
> [ 1599.998654] 0000000000000000 0000000024a8568b ffff88017fc03ce8
> ffffffff817e93f9
> [ 1599.998659] 0000000000000000 ffff88017fc03d40 ffff88017fc03d28
> ffffffff8107b3d6
> [ 1599.998663] ffff88017fc03d58 ffff880035904800 ffff88007777e000
> ffff8800359049a8
> [ 1599.998668] Call Trace:
> [ 1599.998670] <IRQ> [<ffffffff817e93f9>] dump_stack+0x45/0x57
> [ 1599.998684] [<ffffffff8107b3d6>] warn_slowpath_common+0x86/0xc0
> [ 1599.998687] [<ffffffff8107b465>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x55/0x70
> [ 1599.998714] [<ffffffffc01ac92c>] intel_check_page_flip+0xfc/0x110
> [i915]
> [ 1599.998736] [<ffffffffc01713a6>]
> valleyview_pipestat_irq_handler+0x1f6/0x200 [i915]
> [ 1599.998759] [<ffffffffc01758b3>] cherryview_irq_handler+0x63/0x110
> [i915]
> [ 1599.998765] [<ffffffff810d4204>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x74/0x180
> [ 1599.998768] [<ffffffff810d4359>] handle_irq_event+0x49/0x70
> [ 1599.998772] [<ffffffff810d76d1>] handle_edge_irq+0x81/0x150
> [ 1599.998777] [<ffffffff810172b5>] handle_irq+0x25/0x40
> [ 1599.998781] [<ffffffff817f2def>] do_IRQ+0x4f/0xe0
> [ 1599.998785] [<ffffffff817f0d6b>] common_interrupt+0x6b/0x6b
> [ 1599.998786] <EOI>
> [ 1599.998789] ---[ end trace c4f14dcdc80fdcfe ]---
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
> Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
> Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
> .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
> CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Fri Dec 11 21:17:25 2015
> DistUpgraded: 2015-10-29 20:07:04,539 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
> DistroCodename: wily
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.10, 4.2.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation Device [8086:22b1] (rev 21) (prog-if 00 [VGA
> controller])
> Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:06ac]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-12 (213 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 15-3552
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic.efi.signed
> root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--15--vg-root ro quiet splash i8042.nopnp
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Symptom: display
> UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-29 (43 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2015
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 3.0.3
> dmi.board.name: 0CP33T
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.board.version: A00
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr3.0.3:bd08/26/2015:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron15-3552:pvr3.0.3:rvnDellInc.:rn0CP33T:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
> dmi.product.name: Inspiron 15-3552
> dmi.product.version: 3.0.3
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
> xserver.bootTime: Fri Dec 11 19:30:09 2015
> xserver.configfile: default
> xserver.errors:
>
> xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> xserver.outputs:
> product id 5578
> vendor CMN
> xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
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