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On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 02:21:22AM +0000, Jinoh Kang wrote:
> When using some Intel integrated graphic cards on Qubes R4.0, screen
> glitches may manifest after switching VTs or entering suspend mode.
> 
> A known workaround does exist for this bug, which is to add a
> configuration file with the following contents within
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d:
> 
> > Section "Device"
> >   Identifier "Intel Graphics"
> >   Driver "modesetting"
> >   Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
> >   Option "DRI" "3"
> > EndSection
> 
> However, the X11 modesetting driver version in Fedora 25 has its own
> drawbacks:
> 
> * It freezes briefly when re-configuring monitors (e.g. plugging in an
>   external monitor or changing screen resolution)
> * XRandR keystone support is buggy
> 
> To remediate this, I've patched the Linux i915 driver and it has been
> working fine for months.  Only the patch for Linux 4.19 has been tested.
> 
> If anyone is affected by the issue, please feel free to test the
> follow-up patches and give some feedback here.

So, I can confirm the (fixed) 5.10 patch also improves the situation.
Have you sent it upstream? I do consider including it in our standard
kernel package, but I'd like to see i915 driver maintainer opinion
first.

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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