** Description changed: I have a HP Spectre x360 laptop with i7-6500U and HD Graphics 520, - running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. + running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. (tried UEFI and non-UEFI) Right after X launches rendering, screen starts to produce glitches, flickering, artifacts and blinking both on framebuffer and X. I've made a short video that demonstrates this exact behaviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQ4SdMsy_4 - I have tried using other kernels from PPA mainline, including "intel drm nightly", without success. + I have tried using other kernels from PPA mainline, including "intel drm nightly", without success. Kernels I tried exactly: 4.4.0-21, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.6.2, 4.7.0-994, 4.8.0-994 (intel drm nightly) I have also tried Debian Stretch (4.6.0-1), Slackware 14.2 (4.4.x), Arch 2016.08.01 (4.6.4.1). All these distros show exactly the same behaviour. I am including dmesg, Xorg.log and lspci -c outputs using all these kernels in this report. Important note that it only happens using 4.x kernels. I've just tried Ubuntu 14.04.3 with 3.19.0-25 kernel, it runs fine without any issue.
** Description changed: I have a HP Spectre x360 laptop with i7-6500U and HD Graphics 520, - running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. (tried UEFI and non-UEFI) + running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. (tried UEFI and Legacy) Right after X launches rendering, screen starts to produce glitches, flickering, artifacts and blinking both on framebuffer and X. I've made a short video that demonstrates this exact behaviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQ4SdMsy_4 I have tried using other kernels from PPA mainline, including "intel drm nightly", without success. Kernels I tried exactly: 4.4.0-21, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.6.2, 4.7.0-994, 4.8.0-994 (intel drm nightly) I have also tried Debian Stretch (4.6.0-1), Slackware 14.2 (4.4.x), Arch 2016.08.01 (4.6.4.1). All these distros show exactly the same behaviour. I am including dmesg, Xorg.log and lspci -c outputs using all these kernels in this report. Important note that it only happens using 4.x kernels. I've just tried Ubuntu 14.04.3 with 3.19.0-25 kernel, it runs fine without any issue. ** Description changed: I have a HP Spectre x360 laptop with i7-6500U and HD Graphics 520, - running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. (tried UEFI and Legacy) + running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. Right after X launches rendering, screen starts to produce glitches, flickering, artifacts and blinking both on framebuffer and X. I've made a short video that demonstrates this exact behaviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQ4SdMsy_4 I have tried using other kernels from PPA mainline, including "intel drm nightly", without success. Kernels I tried exactly: 4.4.0-21, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.6.2, 4.7.0-994, 4.8.0-994 (intel drm nightly) I have also tried Debian Stretch (4.6.0-1), Slackware 14.2 (4.4.x), Arch 2016.08.01 (4.6.4.1). All these distros show exactly the same behaviour. + It happens using both UEFI and Normal boot mode. + I am including dmesg, Xorg.log and lspci -c outputs using all these kernels in this report. Important note that it only happens using 4.x kernels. I've just tried Ubuntu 14.04.3 with 3.19.0-25 kernel, it runs fine without any issue. ** Description changed: I have a HP Spectre x360 laptop with i7-6500U and HD Graphics 520, running Linux Mint 18 MATE x86_64. Right after X launches rendering, screen starts to produce glitches, flickering, artifacts and blinking both on framebuffer and X. I've made a short video that demonstrates this exact behaviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQ4SdMsy_4 I have tried using other kernels from PPA mainline, including "intel drm nightly", without success. Kernels I tried exactly: 4.4.0-21, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.6.2, 4.7.0-994, 4.8.0-994 (intel drm nightly) I have also tried Debian Stretch (4.6.0-1), Slackware 14.2 (4.4.x), Arch 2016.08.01 (4.6.4.1). All these distros show exactly the same behaviour. - It happens using both UEFI and Normal boot mode. + It happens using both UEFI and Legacy boot modes. I am including dmesg, Xorg.log and lspci -c outputs using all these kernels in this report. Important note that it only happens using 4.x kernels. I've just tried Ubuntu 14.04.3 with 3.19.0-25 kernel, it runs fine without any issue. ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: ubuntu ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: debian Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: archlinux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613070 Title: i7-6500U screen flickering and blinking To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1613070/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
