Screen keeps flickering

Bug #1752723 reported by Tsotne
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Trying to see if there was any issues with my graphics drivers, as my laptops screen keeps flickering. It flickers less so on browsers etc, but I just booted up a game on steam and it was flickering constantly, almost enough to give me epilepsy

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-109.132-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-109-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
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: Thu Mar 1 21:50:43 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-304, 304.135, 4.4.0-109-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-304, 304.135, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics [8086:1916] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Skylake Integrated Graphics [1558:0941]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-05 (512 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b550 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
 Bus 001 Device 007: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: PC Specialist Limited W94_95_97JU
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-109-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.11
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: W94_95_97JU
dmi.board.vendor: CLEVO
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Notebook
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.11:bd03/30/2016:svnPCSpecialistLimited:pnW94_95_97JU:pvrNotApplicable:rvnCLEVO:rnW94_95_97JU:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNotebook:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: W94_95_97JU
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: PC Specialist Limited
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Mon Feb 26 18:13:11 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 1170
 vendor LGD
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7

Revision history for this message
Tsotne (rockirider3) wrote :
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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