weird screen flickering issue in ubuntu 17.04 GNOME
I'm new in Ubuntu world,I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. The weird issue I have is , when I open the terminal and trying to install something or run commands or doing anything else, after minutes my screen keeps flickering, it will go black and appears white lines flashing and it takes seconds then my laptop goes off. I've searched for the problem but without no luck, maybe graphic not installed yet?
Core i5,RAM 4
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6410 [1028:040a]
Guide me step by step because as I said I'm new in Ubuntu.
drivers intel-graphics 17.04
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I'm new in Ubuntu world,I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. The weird issue I have is , when I open the terminal and trying to install something or run commands or doing anything else, after minutes my screen keeps flickering, it will go black and appears white lines flashing and it takes seconds then my laptop goes off. I've searched for the problem but without no luck, maybe graphic not installed yet?
Core i5,RAM 4
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6410 [1028:040a]
Guide me step by step because as I said I'm new in Ubuntu.
drivers intel-graphics 17.04
no one can answer?
– Aqil Hex
May 14 '17 at 11:53
In order to get an answer you should provide more information about your system. Please provide output of following command:lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
– Tombart
Feb 14 '18 at 13:54
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I'm new in Ubuntu world,I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. The weird issue I have is , when I open the terminal and trying to install something or run commands or doing anything else, after minutes my screen keeps flickering, it will go black and appears white lines flashing and it takes seconds then my laptop goes off. I've searched for the problem but without no luck, maybe graphic not installed yet?
Core i5,RAM 4
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6410 [1028:040a]
Guide me step by step because as I said I'm new in Ubuntu.
drivers intel-graphics 17.04
I'm new in Ubuntu world,I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. The weird issue I have is , when I open the terminal and trying to install something or run commands or doing anything else, after minutes my screen keeps flickering, it will go black and appears white lines flashing and it takes seconds then my laptop goes off. I've searched for the problem but without no luck, maybe graphic not installed yet?
Core i5,RAM 4
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6410 [1028:040a]
Guide me step by step because as I said I'm new in Ubuntu.
drivers intel-graphics 17.04
drivers intel-graphics 17.04
edited Feb 14 '18 at 14:59
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no one can answer?
– Aqil Hex
May 14 '17 at 11:53
In order to get an answer you should provide more information about your system. Please provide output of following command:lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
– Tombart
Feb 14 '18 at 13:54
add a comment |
no one can answer?
– Aqil Hex
May 14 '17 at 11:53
In order to get an answer you should provide more information about your system. Please provide output of following command:lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
– Tombart
Feb 14 '18 at 13:54
no one can answer?
– Aqil Hex
May 14 '17 at 11:53
no one can answer?
– Aqil Hex
May 14 '17 at 11:53
In order to get an answer you should provide more information about your system. Please provide output of following command:
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
– Tombart
Feb 14 '18 at 13:54
In order to get an answer you should provide more information about your system. Please provide output of following command:
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
– Tombart
Feb 14 '18 at 13:54
add a comment |
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I have the same problem with the display flickering after updating to 17.04 and 17.10. My graphics hardware (Unity->Details)
Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
I assume you have a 4K display. Check Unity->Displays and if you see 3840x2160, that means your equipment supports 4K. If the flickering becomes annoying, a temporary workaround is to reduce your display resolution to 2048x1536. You should probably set the scale to a suitable font size. Note that as a result of changing the resolution, your display aspect ratio will show a smaller output but it's a lot easier to look at than a flickering screen.
Intel provides a nice GUI-based graphics update tool. However, the tool currently doesn't support 17.04+ since it's a relatively recent Ubuntu release.
Here's the link to the Intel Graphics update tool for your future reference so that you can keep an eye out for when 17.04+ driver support becomes available.
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.2
Hope this helps.
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
I've had a similar issue onKubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neonneon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't supportUbuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back toUbuntu 16.10
.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.
– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
add a comment |
I just put together a new system with an i5-8600 cpu and 4K monitor and had similar issues with Kubuntu 17.10 installed. Here's what I tried to solve them ...
Add 'i915.alpha_support=1' to the boot commandline by editing
/etc/default/grub.
Change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.alpha_support=1"
This allowed be to get 4K output (previously only FHD) but there were some really strange display issues. Looked like problems with frame buffer switching.
Installed the graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
This improved the situation greatly but there were still a few flashes.
Unfortunately, a few days ago there was an update to the repository and, after running
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
I was greeted by a blank white screen and no mouse or keyboard at the next reboot!
Reverted to standard Ubuntu drivers ...
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
Downloaded and installed the INTEL GRAPHICS UPDATE TOOL FOR LINUX* OS V2.0.6 from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.6
Follow the installation instructions on this page. In particular don't forget the "SIGNATURES - UBUNTU*" section.
BUT, Don't run the updater yet!
This version is intended for Ububtu 17.04 but, with a little messing about, seems to work fine on 17.10.
You need to, temporarily, lie to the Update Tool about what release you are running. You do this by changing the contents of /etc/lsb-release
Backup the file first
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup
Then replace the contents of /etc/lsb-release with
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"
Then run the Update Tool like this
intel-graphics-update-tool
or from the Application Launcher > Settings menu.
Finally reinstate the original /etc/lsb-release.
sudo mv /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
I have not seen any display glitches since running the Update Tool. I have had a number of crashes of the kdenlive
video editor but I can't really tell if they are related to the graphics drivers or not.
Hope this info helps.
kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
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@Aqil, as mentioned I had to reduce the display resolution to 2048x1536 to get rid of the flickering - the issue is likely because the existing driver that comes with 17.04 does not work well with 4K display.
v2.0.5 can be downloaded from here https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.5
Download the deb file and Install it with
$ sudo -dpkg -i intel-graphics-update-tool*.deb
If you want to see the logs, run it with sudo and proxy disabled (Network->Network proxy->Method->None
$ sudo -E intel-graphics-update-tool
I'm getting errors with and without proxy. Try it outside the firewall and see if it works for you.
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
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One workable (but perhaps not the) solution to the screen tearing issue on 17.04 and 17.10 using a Lenovo (mine is a Yoga 910 with KabyLake) is to add i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter.
This works, but as I will note in a separate post, it disables some critical power management functions and, as a result, the fan stays on high constantly. This to me makes it unusable.
I tried a number of other solutions, including:
Installing Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux (this seemed to work for 17.04, but there is updated tool for 17.10 until October 2017)
Installing Intel Firmware drivers manually from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/firmwareAdding 20-intel.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and adding this:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection
The one that works independently of the others is adding i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter. I believe that the Intel Graphics Update also worked -- but only for 17.04.
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Try installing newer graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
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Not sure if this is your problem because I have a different version (18.04) and a different graphics set up (NVidia), but, I was able to completely remove flickering by setting console transparency to opaque.
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I have the same problem with the display flickering after updating to 17.04 and 17.10. My graphics hardware (Unity->Details)
Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
I assume you have a 4K display. Check Unity->Displays and if you see 3840x2160, that means your equipment supports 4K. If the flickering becomes annoying, a temporary workaround is to reduce your display resolution to 2048x1536. You should probably set the scale to a suitable font size. Note that as a result of changing the resolution, your display aspect ratio will show a smaller output but it's a lot easier to look at than a flickering screen.
Intel provides a nice GUI-based graphics update tool. However, the tool currently doesn't support 17.04+ since it's a relatively recent Ubuntu release.
Here's the link to the Intel Graphics update tool for your future reference so that you can keep an eye out for when 17.04+ driver support becomes available.
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.2
Hope this helps.
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
I've had a similar issue onKubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neonneon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't supportUbuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back toUbuntu 16.10
.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.
– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
add a comment |
I have the same problem with the display flickering after updating to 17.04 and 17.10. My graphics hardware (Unity->Details)
Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
I assume you have a 4K display. Check Unity->Displays and if you see 3840x2160, that means your equipment supports 4K. If the flickering becomes annoying, a temporary workaround is to reduce your display resolution to 2048x1536. You should probably set the scale to a suitable font size. Note that as a result of changing the resolution, your display aspect ratio will show a smaller output but it's a lot easier to look at than a flickering screen.
Intel provides a nice GUI-based graphics update tool. However, the tool currently doesn't support 17.04+ since it's a relatively recent Ubuntu release.
Here's the link to the Intel Graphics update tool for your future reference so that you can keep an eye out for when 17.04+ driver support becomes available.
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.2
Hope this helps.
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
I've had a similar issue onKubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neonneon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't supportUbuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back toUbuntu 16.10
.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.
– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
add a comment |
I have the same problem with the display flickering after updating to 17.04 and 17.10. My graphics hardware (Unity->Details)
Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
I assume you have a 4K display. Check Unity->Displays and if you see 3840x2160, that means your equipment supports 4K. If the flickering becomes annoying, a temporary workaround is to reduce your display resolution to 2048x1536. You should probably set the scale to a suitable font size. Note that as a result of changing the resolution, your display aspect ratio will show a smaller output but it's a lot easier to look at than a flickering screen.
Intel provides a nice GUI-based graphics update tool. However, the tool currently doesn't support 17.04+ since it's a relatively recent Ubuntu release.
Here's the link to the Intel Graphics update tool for your future reference so that you can keep an eye out for when 17.04+ driver support becomes available.
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.2
Hope this helps.
I have the same problem with the display flickering after updating to 17.04 and 17.10. My graphics hardware (Unity->Details)
Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
I assume you have a 4K display. Check Unity->Displays and if you see 3840x2160, that means your equipment supports 4K. If the flickering becomes annoying, a temporary workaround is to reduce your display resolution to 2048x1536. You should probably set the scale to a suitable font size. Note that as a result of changing the resolution, your display aspect ratio will show a smaller output but it's a lot easier to look at than a flickering screen.
Intel provides a nice GUI-based graphics update tool. However, the tool currently doesn't support 17.04+ since it's a relatively recent Ubuntu release.
Here's the link to the Intel Graphics update tool for your future reference so that you can keep an eye out for when 17.04+ driver support becomes available.
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.2
Hope this helps.
edited May 17 '17 at 3:10
answered May 17 '17 at 2:14
MicheleMichele
112
112
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
I've had a similar issue onKubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neonneon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't supportUbuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back toUbuntu 16.10
.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.
– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
add a comment |
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
I've had a similar issue onKubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neonneon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't supportUbuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back toUbuntu 16.10
.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.
– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
so do you mean the graphic need to be updated?you still have your display flickering after updating or you only redcued your display resolution?does it made any change,i mean whether its stoped flickering after doing this steps or not yet...
– Aqil Hex
May 19 '17 at 6:34
I've had a similar issue on
Kubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neon neon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't support Ubuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back to Ubuntu 16.10
. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
I've had a similar issue on
Kubuntu 17.04
and the current KDE Neon neon-useredition-20170518-1018-amd64.iso
. As the Intel driver doesn't support Ubuntu 17.x
yet, I switched back to Ubuntu 16.10
. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
works too.– Fabian H.
May 19 '17 at 15:19
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
right Fabian H,i also tried Ubuntu 16.04 LTS at the first time,everything was working good,i have this issue on gnome only(Maybe),maybe it will be fixed on 17.10 i hope,but does this issue damage my graphic?this is why im worry!
– Aqil Hex
May 20 '17 at 12:29
add a comment |
I just put together a new system with an i5-8600 cpu and 4K monitor and had similar issues with Kubuntu 17.10 installed. Here's what I tried to solve them ...
Add 'i915.alpha_support=1' to the boot commandline by editing
/etc/default/grub.
Change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.alpha_support=1"
This allowed be to get 4K output (previously only FHD) but there were some really strange display issues. Looked like problems with frame buffer switching.
Installed the graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
This improved the situation greatly but there were still a few flashes.
Unfortunately, a few days ago there was an update to the repository and, after running
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
I was greeted by a blank white screen and no mouse or keyboard at the next reboot!
Reverted to standard Ubuntu drivers ...
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
Downloaded and installed the INTEL GRAPHICS UPDATE TOOL FOR LINUX* OS V2.0.6 from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.6
Follow the installation instructions on this page. In particular don't forget the "SIGNATURES - UBUNTU*" section.
BUT, Don't run the updater yet!
This version is intended for Ububtu 17.04 but, with a little messing about, seems to work fine on 17.10.
You need to, temporarily, lie to the Update Tool about what release you are running. You do this by changing the contents of /etc/lsb-release
Backup the file first
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup
Then replace the contents of /etc/lsb-release with
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"
Then run the Update Tool like this
intel-graphics-update-tool
or from the Application Launcher > Settings menu.
Finally reinstate the original /etc/lsb-release.
sudo mv /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
I have not seen any display glitches since running the Update Tool. I have had a number of crashes of the kdenlive
video editor but I can't really tell if they are related to the graphics drivers or not.
Hope this info helps.
kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
add a comment |
I just put together a new system with an i5-8600 cpu and 4K monitor and had similar issues with Kubuntu 17.10 installed. Here's what I tried to solve them ...
Add 'i915.alpha_support=1' to the boot commandline by editing
/etc/default/grub.
Change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.alpha_support=1"
This allowed be to get 4K output (previously only FHD) but there were some really strange display issues. Looked like problems with frame buffer switching.
Installed the graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
This improved the situation greatly but there were still a few flashes.
Unfortunately, a few days ago there was an update to the repository and, after running
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
I was greeted by a blank white screen and no mouse or keyboard at the next reboot!
Reverted to standard Ubuntu drivers ...
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
Downloaded and installed the INTEL GRAPHICS UPDATE TOOL FOR LINUX* OS V2.0.6 from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.6
Follow the installation instructions on this page. In particular don't forget the "SIGNATURES - UBUNTU*" section.
BUT, Don't run the updater yet!
This version is intended for Ububtu 17.04 but, with a little messing about, seems to work fine on 17.10.
You need to, temporarily, lie to the Update Tool about what release you are running. You do this by changing the contents of /etc/lsb-release
Backup the file first
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup
Then replace the contents of /etc/lsb-release with
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"
Then run the Update Tool like this
intel-graphics-update-tool
or from the Application Launcher > Settings menu.
Finally reinstate the original /etc/lsb-release.
sudo mv /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
I have not seen any display glitches since running the Update Tool. I have had a number of crashes of the kdenlive
video editor but I can't really tell if they are related to the graphics drivers or not.
Hope this info helps.
kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
add a comment |
I just put together a new system with an i5-8600 cpu and 4K monitor and had similar issues with Kubuntu 17.10 installed. Here's what I tried to solve them ...
Add 'i915.alpha_support=1' to the boot commandline by editing
/etc/default/grub.
Change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.alpha_support=1"
This allowed be to get 4K output (previously only FHD) but there were some really strange display issues. Looked like problems with frame buffer switching.
Installed the graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
This improved the situation greatly but there were still a few flashes.
Unfortunately, a few days ago there was an update to the repository and, after running
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
I was greeted by a blank white screen and no mouse or keyboard at the next reboot!
Reverted to standard Ubuntu drivers ...
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
Downloaded and installed the INTEL GRAPHICS UPDATE TOOL FOR LINUX* OS V2.0.6 from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.6
Follow the installation instructions on this page. In particular don't forget the "SIGNATURES - UBUNTU*" section.
BUT, Don't run the updater yet!
This version is intended for Ububtu 17.04 but, with a little messing about, seems to work fine on 17.10.
You need to, temporarily, lie to the Update Tool about what release you are running. You do this by changing the contents of /etc/lsb-release
Backup the file first
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup
Then replace the contents of /etc/lsb-release with
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"
Then run the Update Tool like this
intel-graphics-update-tool
or from the Application Launcher > Settings menu.
Finally reinstate the original /etc/lsb-release.
sudo mv /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
I have not seen any display glitches since running the Update Tool. I have had a number of crashes of the kdenlive
video editor but I can't really tell if they are related to the graphics drivers or not.
Hope this info helps.
I just put together a new system with an i5-8600 cpu and 4K monitor and had similar issues with Kubuntu 17.10 installed. Here's what I tried to solve them ...
Add 'i915.alpha_support=1' to the boot commandline by editing
/etc/default/grub.
Change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.alpha_support=1"
This allowed be to get 4K output (previously only FHD) but there were some really strange display issues. Looked like problems with frame buffer switching.
Installed the graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
This improved the situation greatly but there were still a few flashes.
Unfortunately, a few days ago there was an update to the repository and, after running
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
I was greeted by a blank white screen and no mouse or keyboard at the next reboot!
Reverted to standard Ubuntu drivers ...
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
Downloaded and installed the INTEL GRAPHICS UPDATE TOOL FOR LINUX* OS V2.0.6 from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.6
Follow the installation instructions on this page. In particular don't forget the "SIGNATURES - UBUNTU*" section.
BUT, Don't run the updater yet!
This version is intended for Ububtu 17.04 but, with a little messing about, seems to work fine on 17.10.
You need to, temporarily, lie to the Update Tool about what release you are running. You do this by changing the contents of /etc/lsb-release
Backup the file first
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup
Then replace the contents of /etc/lsb-release with
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"
Then run the Update Tool like this
intel-graphics-update-tool
or from the Application Launcher > Settings menu.
Finally reinstate the original /etc/lsb-release.
sudo mv /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
I have not seen any display glitches since running the Update Tool. I have had a number of crashes of the kdenlive
video editor but I can't really tell if they are related to the graphics drivers or not.
Hope this info helps.
answered Feb 21 '18 at 11:21
jostlejostle
111
111
kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
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kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
kdenlive is indeed prone to crashing sometimes.
– devius
Feb 21 '18 at 11:30
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@Aqil, as mentioned I had to reduce the display resolution to 2048x1536 to get rid of the flickering - the issue is likely because the existing driver that comes with 17.04 does not work well with 4K display.
v2.0.5 can be downloaded from here https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.5
Download the deb file and Install it with
$ sudo -dpkg -i intel-graphics-update-tool*.deb
If you want to see the logs, run it with sudo and proxy disabled (Network->Network proxy->Method->None
$ sudo -E intel-graphics-update-tool
I'm getting errors with and without proxy. Try it outside the firewall and see if it works for you.
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
add a comment |
@Aqil, as mentioned I had to reduce the display resolution to 2048x1536 to get rid of the flickering - the issue is likely because the existing driver that comes with 17.04 does not work well with 4K display.
v2.0.5 can be downloaded from here https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.5
Download the deb file and Install it with
$ sudo -dpkg -i intel-graphics-update-tool*.deb
If you want to see the logs, run it with sudo and proxy disabled (Network->Network proxy->Method->None
$ sudo -E intel-graphics-update-tool
I'm getting errors with and without proxy. Try it outside the firewall and see if it works for you.
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
add a comment |
@Aqil, as mentioned I had to reduce the display resolution to 2048x1536 to get rid of the flickering - the issue is likely because the existing driver that comes with 17.04 does not work well with 4K display.
v2.0.5 can be downloaded from here https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.5
Download the deb file and Install it with
$ sudo -dpkg -i intel-graphics-update-tool*.deb
If you want to see the logs, run it with sudo and proxy disabled (Network->Network proxy->Method->None
$ sudo -E intel-graphics-update-tool
I'm getting errors with and without proxy. Try it outside the firewall and see if it works for you.
@Aqil, as mentioned I had to reduce the display resolution to 2048x1536 to get rid of the flickering - the issue is likely because the existing driver that comes with 17.04 does not work well with 4K display.
v2.0.5 can be downloaded from here https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.5
Download the deb file and Install it with
$ sudo -dpkg -i intel-graphics-update-tool*.deb
If you want to see the logs, run it with sudo and proxy disabled (Network->Network proxy->Method->None
$ sudo -E intel-graphics-update-tool
I'm getting errors with and without proxy. Try it outside the firewall and see if it works for you.
edited Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
Anwar
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answered Jun 6 '17 at 0:51
MicheleMichele
11
11
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
add a comment |
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
Hi @Michele,thanks for answer,im updating it now i hope its gonna works...thanks @>
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:39
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
unfortunately i've encountered this error while updating ,check this vip.opload.ir/vipdl/96/1/aqilhex/faild.png
– Aqil Hex
Jun 7 '17 at 14:43
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
The download page is updated
– Anwar
Jun 10 '17 at 6:26
add a comment |
One workable (but perhaps not the) solution to the screen tearing issue on 17.04 and 17.10 using a Lenovo (mine is a Yoga 910 with KabyLake) is to add i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter.
This works, but as I will note in a separate post, it disables some critical power management functions and, as a result, the fan stays on high constantly. This to me makes it unusable.
I tried a number of other solutions, including:
Installing Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux (this seemed to work for 17.04, but there is updated tool for 17.10 until October 2017)
Installing Intel Firmware drivers manually from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/firmwareAdding 20-intel.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and adding this:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection
The one that works independently of the others is adding i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter. I believe that the Intel Graphics Update also worked -- but only for 17.04.
add a comment |
One workable (but perhaps not the) solution to the screen tearing issue on 17.04 and 17.10 using a Lenovo (mine is a Yoga 910 with KabyLake) is to add i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter.
This works, but as I will note in a separate post, it disables some critical power management functions and, as a result, the fan stays on high constantly. This to me makes it unusable.
I tried a number of other solutions, including:
Installing Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux (this seemed to work for 17.04, but there is updated tool for 17.10 until October 2017)
Installing Intel Firmware drivers manually from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/firmwareAdding 20-intel.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and adding this:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection
The one that works independently of the others is adding i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter. I believe that the Intel Graphics Update also worked -- but only for 17.04.
add a comment |
One workable (but perhaps not the) solution to the screen tearing issue on 17.04 and 17.10 using a Lenovo (mine is a Yoga 910 with KabyLake) is to add i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter.
This works, but as I will note in a separate post, it disables some critical power management functions and, as a result, the fan stays on high constantly. This to me makes it unusable.
I tried a number of other solutions, including:
Installing Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux (this seemed to work for 17.04, but there is updated tool for 17.10 until October 2017)
Installing Intel Firmware drivers manually from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/firmwareAdding 20-intel.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and adding this:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection
The one that works independently of the others is adding i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter. I believe that the Intel Graphics Update also worked -- but only for 17.04.
One workable (but perhaps not the) solution to the screen tearing issue on 17.04 and 17.10 using a Lenovo (mine is a Yoga 910 with KabyLake) is to add i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter.
This works, but as I will note in a separate post, it disables some critical power management functions and, as a result, the fan stays on high constantly. This to me makes it unusable.
I tried a number of other solutions, including:
Installing Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux (this seemed to work for 17.04, but there is updated tool for 17.10 until October 2017)
Installing Intel Firmware drivers manually from
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/firmwareAdding 20-intel.conf to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and adding this:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection
The one that works independently of the others is adding i915.enable_rc6=0
to your boot parameter. I believe that the Intel Graphics Update also worked -- but only for 17.04.
answered Aug 3 '17 at 22:44
RsyncRsync
50921228
50921228
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Try installing newer graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
add a comment |
Try installing newer graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
add a comment |
Try installing newer graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
Try installing newer graphic packages from Oibaf's PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
answered Feb 14 '18 at 13:52
TombartTombart
675720
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Not sure if this is your problem because I have a different version (18.04) and a different graphics set up (NVidia), but, I was able to completely remove flickering by setting console transparency to opaque.
New contributor
add a comment |
Not sure if this is your problem because I have a different version (18.04) and a different graphics set up (NVidia), but, I was able to completely remove flickering by setting console transparency to opaque.
New contributor
add a comment |
Not sure if this is your problem because I have a different version (18.04) and a different graphics set up (NVidia), but, I was able to completely remove flickering by setting console transparency to opaque.
New contributor
Not sure if this is your problem because I have a different version (18.04) and a different graphics set up (NVidia), but, I was able to completely remove flickering by setting console transparency to opaque.
New contributor
New contributor
answered Jan 10 at 16:29
user289931user289931
1
1
New contributor
New contributor
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