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[Lorenzo Bettini <1522922@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In http://www.lorenzobettini.it/2015/12/flickering-for-intel-graphic-
card-in-linux-4-2/ I described the steps to revert the two commits that
seem to have introduced the flickering. This requires downloading the
kernel sources, revert the two commits, compile the kernel and install
the locally built packages.

This bug is particularly annoying, and each time a new upgrade on the
kernel is released the above procedure has to be performed again.

Not to mention that this bug makes the system unusable (if the above
procedure is not performed).

I think that the "importance" should be brought back to "Critical"
(assuming that "Critical" is higher than "High").

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Title:
  Screen flickering in Intel i915 driver

Status in Nouveau Xorg driver:
  Incomplete
Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  There's an upstream bug reported here
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91393 that causes screen
  flickering when using the Intel i915 builtin driver (at resolutions
  lower than the maximal one).

  I think that it will be fixed in newer kernel versions, but for the
  time being, as reported here
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91393#c25 (and as
  personally tested) reverting those two commits fixes the problem.

  Would that be possible to release a fixed version for the 4.2.0
  stream?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: linux-image-4.2.0-19-generic 4.2.0-19.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  bettini    1378 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  bettini    1378 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Dec  4 19:01:00 2015
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7ddbc972-3ad6-40de-9313-2bb9395145f9
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-08 (210 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell Precision M3800
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic root=UUID=dd2c7064-53b9-4720-96ab-5e8a3f2db3ea ro noprompt quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-19-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-19-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.149.3
  SourcePackage: linux
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-07 (26 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/17/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A10
  dmi.board.name: Dell Precision M3800
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A10
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd08/17/2015:svnDellInc.:pnDellPrecisionM3800:pvrA10:rvnDellInc.:rnDellPrecisionM3800:rvrA10:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Dell Precision M3800
  dmi.product.version: A10
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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