Comment 0 for bug 1836858

I am trying flickerfree boot in 19.10 [1], but find it actually flickers part way through. The flicker occurs seemingly during kernel startup since my peripherals are lit up before the problem occurs.

Suspecting this might be related to FB handover:

  [ 2.751028] fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA

I tried disabling that with a big hammer:

  i915.modeset=0

so it stays in efifb, and that works -- no more flickering, providing I don't let i915 take over the framebuffer.

[1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/testing-flickerfree-boot/11854

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: linux-image-5.2.0-8-generic 5.2.0-8.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-8.9-generic 5.2.0
Uname: Linux 5.2.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
Date: Wed Jul 17 16:34:36 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-02 (76 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan EANIMAL" - Alpha amd64 (20190501)
MachineType: LENOVO 10M7CTO1WW
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-8-generic root=UUID=9bfb5f01-bdd4-4854-bfce-1c28e2f2f3bc ro quiet splash i915.fastboot=1 vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.2.0-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.2.0-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.180
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/06/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: M16KT47A
dmi.board.name: 3102
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN 3259627060530
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrM16KT47A:bd02/06/2018:svnLENOVO:pn10M7CTO1WW:pvrThinkCentreM710s:rvnLENOVO:rn3102:rvrSDK0J40709WIN3259627060530:cvnLENOVO:ct3:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkCentre M710s
dmi.product.name: 10M7CTO1WW
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_10M7_BU_Think_FM_ThinkCentre M710s
dmi.product.version: ThinkCentre M710s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO