Bug 26037

Summary: [i915][KMS] regression: screen flicker with kernel 2.6.33-rc1 to 2.6.33-rc4
Product: DRI Reporter: Michael S. Tsirkin <m.s.tsirkin>
Component: DRM/IntelAssignee: ykzhao <yakui.zhao>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: XOrg git   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:
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Description Flags
dmesg when flickering occurs (kernel 2.6.33-rc4)
none
dmesg with no flickering (kernel 2.6.32)
none
reg dump output when flickering occurs (kernel 2.6.33-rc4)
none
reg dump with no flickering (kernel 2.6.32)
none
xorg log when flickerring occurs (kernel 2.6.33-rc4)
none
Xorg log when no flickering (kernel 2.6.32)
none
xrandr verbose output with flickering (2.6.33-rc4)
none
xrandr verbose output with no flickering (2.6.32) none

Description Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:37:25 UTC
Created attachment 32623 [details]
dmesg when flickering occurs (kernel 2.6.33-rc4)

Immediately upon startup, screen is flickering (becomes
lighter and darker again). The problem occurs with kernels
2.6.33-rc1 to 2.6.33-rc4, but not with kernel 2.6.32 and below.

System details:
x86_64 kernel with 32 bit Fedora 11 userspace
kernel modesetting enabled.

dri2proto  dri2proto-2.2
drm  2.4.17-23-g06a2d65
macros  util-macros-1.4.1-4-g43e41a5
xf86-video-intel  2.10.0-13-g96f45c6

mesa versions(from glxinfo):
server glx version string: 1.2
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.2
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.6-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20

X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1)


Hardware: lenovo thinkpad T500 with integrated graphics.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00: 86 80 40 2a 06 01 90 20 07 00 00 06 00 00 00 00
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 aa 17 e0 20
30: 00 00 00 00 e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00: 86 80 42 2a 07 04 90 00 07 00 00 03 00 00 80 00
10: 04 00 40 f4 00 00 00 00 0c 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00
20: 01 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 aa 17 e4 20
30: 00 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00: 86 80 43 2a 07 00 90 00 07 00 80 03 00 00 80 00
10: 04 00 20 f4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 aa 17 e4 20
30: 00 00 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Display adapter: integrated LVDS1.

How to reproduce: start X, observe flickering
Comment 1 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:38:03 UTC
Created attachment 32624 [details]
dmesg with no flickering (kernel 2.6.32)
Comment 2 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:38:52 UTC
Created attachment 32625 [details]
reg dump output when flickering occurs (kernel 2.6.33-rc4)
Comment 3 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:39:43 UTC
Created attachment 32626 [details]
reg dump with no flickering (kernel 2.6.32)
Comment 4 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:40:16 UTC
Created attachment 32627 [details]
xorg log when flickerring occurs  (kernel 2.6.33-rc4)
Comment 5 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:40:46 UTC
Created attachment 32628 [details]
Xorg log when no flickering (kernel 2.6.32)
Comment 6 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:41:23 UTC
Created attachment 32629 [details]
xrandr verbose output with flickering (2.6.33-rc4)
Comment 7 Michael S. Tsirkin 2010-01-14 02:41:49 UTC
Created attachment 32630 [details]
xrandr verbose output with no flickering (2.6.32)
Comment 8 Gordon Jin 2010-04-08 00:58:00 UTC
wondering if it's related to bug#27190. Can you try mesa 7.8.1?
Comment 9 Michael Fu 2010-05-05 01:56:00 UTC
ought to be dup of bug# 25809 - LVDS downclocking issue

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 25809 ***

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