upgrade my x1 carbon 3rd to 15.04 and all problems are gone. for those who can upgrade easily (not need to backup or config a lot), maybe this is a good choice.
On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Luke Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ubuntu people?? > Is anyone listening??? > > 14.04 is currently a pile of crap on broadwell laptops. > Is anyone looking? > Or is LTS just lip service? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432194 > > Title: > Graphics unstable on Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 using Intel HD Graphics > 5500 > > Status in The Linux Kernel: > New > Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: > Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Trying to achieve: Get a more stable graphics environment up and > running > > Steps to take: basic ubtuntu 14.04 install. Boot up and run for a > few minutes and then ... > > What happens: After running for a few minutes the graphics gets > flacky. > > What should happen: Graphics should not get flaky. > > I have just installed ubuntu 14.04 on my new thinkpad t450s. > Everything basically works, but something is very flaky about my > keyboard or display or both. After running for awhile some apps > (E.g., thunderbird and sometimes emacs for example) will display > garbage. If I refresh by moving the screen around or changing > buffers/tabs/etc. they can often recover. > > I see that there is an [Intel(R) Graphics Installer for Linux* > 1.0.7](https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2014/intelr-graphics- > installer-linux-1.0.7). I am leery about just loading this and running > it. Any suggestions about how I should proceed? > > $ sudo lshw -c video > *-display > description: VGA compatible controller > product: Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 2 > bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 > version: 09 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom > configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 > resources: irq:63 memory:e0000000-e0ffffff > memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:3000(size=64) > $ modinfo i915 | head > filename: > /lib/modules/3.16.0-31-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko > license: GPL and additional rights > description: Intel Graphics > author: Tungsten Graphics, Inc. > srcversion: 9929027A8A6F05972AD6986 > alias: pci:v00008086d000022B3sv*sd*bc03sc*i* > alias: pci:v00008086d000022B2sv*sd*bc03sc*i* > alias: pci:v00008086d000022B1sv*sd*bc03sc*i* > alias: pci:v00008086d000022B0sv*sd*bc03sc*i* > alias: pci:v00008086d0000162Dsv*sd*bc03sc*i* > $ uname -a > Linux mypad 3.16.0-31-generic #43~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 10 > 20:13:38 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1432194/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432194 Title: Graphics unstable on Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 using Intel HD Graphics 5500 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1432194/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
