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[Bug 1357872] Re: screen flickering with blue shades

 

Varun Garg, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-
support/product/xps-m1330/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and
outdated BIOS is available (A15). If you update to this following
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then
please mark this report Status New.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a15

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  screen flickering with blue shades

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  my ubuntu gnome graphics were laggy, so I decided to upgrade my
  graphics driver (intel 665GM) drivers. I added ppa:oibaf/graphics-
  drivers and upgraded my system, now my system is a bit smoother but I
  face blue flashes for some time after logging in

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  Date: Sun Aug 17 11:41:30 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-07 (9 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic root=UUID=911092cd-fbfd-4578-b7d0-d355f43cd430 ro splash quiet
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A12
  dmi.board.name: 0N6705
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd07/08/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N6705:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56+git1408150630.d9ce09~gd~t
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3~git1408161930.9d9879~gd~t
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3~git1408161930.9d9879~gd~t
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.99+git1408121930.1ff383~gd~t
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914+git1408150731.f8e632~gd~t
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10+git1408110731.17de66~gd~t
  xserver.bootTime: Sun Aug 17 11:40:20 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   intel: Failed to load module "dri3" (module does not exist, 0)
   intel: Failed to load module "present" (module does not exist, 0)
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                   0 
   vendor                                     LPL
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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