Public bug reported:
Since upgrading from ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10 the screen (backlight?) is
flickering irregularly. It only happens with kernel 4.8.x. No flickering
problems when manually switching back to kernel versions 4.4.x at boot.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Ist ein Verzeichnis:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 367.57 Mon Oct 3 20:37:01
PDT 2016
GCC version: gcc version 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
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: Sun Feb 12 11:29:15 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: yakkety
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
[8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
[17aa:502a]
Subsystem: Lenovo GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] [17aa:502a]
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b398 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint
Reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: LENOVO 20C600JAGE
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=de_DE
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-37-generic.efi.signed
root=UUID=1728272d-15ec-4b09-b728-f2f4878b5120 ro net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0
quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/04/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: J9ET98WW (2.18 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20C600JAGE
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0E50512 STD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJ9ET98WW(2.18):bd03/04/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20C600JAGE:pvrThinkPadEdgeE540:rvnLENOVO:rn20C600JAGE:rvrSDK0E50512STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 20C600JAGE
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E540
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Feb 12 11:28:27 2017
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 ubuntu yakkety
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Title:
Screen flickering
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Since upgrading from ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10 the screen (backlight?) is
flickering irregularly. It only happens with kernel 4.8.x. No
flickering problems when manually switching back to kernel versions
4.4.x at boot.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Ist ein Verzeichnis:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 367.57 Mon Oct 3 20:37:01
PDT 2016
GCC version: gcc version 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
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: Sun Feb 12 11:29:15 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: yakkety
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
[8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
[17aa:502a]
Subsystem: Lenovo GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] [17aa:502a]
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b398 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint
Reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: LENOVO 20C600JAGE
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=de_DE
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-37-generic.efi.signed
root=UUID=1728272d-15ec-4b09-b728-f2f4878b5120 ro net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0
quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/04/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: J9ET98WW (2.18 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20C600JAGE
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0E50512 STD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJ9ET98WW(2.18):bd03/04/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20C600JAGE:pvrThinkPadEdgeE540:rvnLENOVO:rn20C600JAGE:rvrSDK0E50512STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 20C600JAGE
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E540
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Feb 12 11:28:27 2017
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
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