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[Eugene San <eugenesan@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am still not 100% sure but after a day with this kernel:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc1-wily/ I can
report the following:

1. No flickering
2. No more kernel dumps/bugs reports
3. No more i915 warnings
4. No more suspend issues
5. No more Dell WMI events errors
6. Not that it wasn't great but battery life seems to be improved (might be a placebo effect)

Looks like Linux 4.4 is just not ready for Skylake and backporting all the fixes is going to be hell for both maintainers and users.
If I were in position, I would push for Kernel 4.6 as an official kernel variant for 16.04 (before 16.04.1).

I just hope Dell will create enough momentum for those issues to be
resolved soon, after all it's their flagship device with official Ubuntu
support.

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Title:
  screen flickering on XPS13 9350

Status in Linux:
  Unknown
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  see LP: #1552304

  does not affect 4.4.0-8
  affects 4.4.0-9 to 4.4.0-16

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: linux-image-generic 4.4.0.11.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-8.23-generic 4.4.2
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  tbonfort   1498 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Mar  8 09:57:12 2016
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3248e0d7-0dac-4ccc-8982-b5ac5ce6ed5e
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-07 (61 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:670c Microdia
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:6412 Broadcom Corp.
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9350
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-8-generic root=UUID=757547b8-d0e4-4eb8-8afd-920b743f99a4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-8-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-8-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                           1.156
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-28 (9 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/08/2016
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.2.3
  dmi.board.name: 07TYC2
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A01
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.2.3:bd01/08/2016:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139350:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn07TYC2:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9350
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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