Confirmed that the bug is fixed in the 4.10 kernel series. Further confirmed that this is down to the i915.enable_psr parameter:
Linux 4.8 with no command line => flickering (enable_psr defaults to on) Linux 4.8 with i915.enable_psr=0 => no flickering Linux 4.10 with no command line => no flickering (enable_psr defaults to off) Linux 4.10 with i915.enable_psr=1 => flickering ** Package changed: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663989 Title: Screen flickering To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1663989/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
