Bug 46856

Forwarding this bug from Ubuntu reporter Jerome Tournier:
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/918769

[Problem]
X session starts up fine but the screen blinks every ~10sec.  Also displays black screen.

Booting with nomodeset makes issue stop.

Also tested mainline kernel 3.3.0-030300rc1_3.3.0-030300rc1 and (I think) drm-next and drm-intel-next.

[Original Description]
I can't actually manage to have X working correctly with my Vostro 360.
The X session start but the screen blink every ~10s (and stay back most
of the time).

I found a lot of people having similar problem, but no solution can be
applied to my case.

X logs for Ubuntu 11.10 (i386 but same issue for amd64):

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core
Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
I will attach a kernel and Xorg dump.

The only way for me to have correct resolution (1920x1080) was in using
the Live CDROM of elementary OS (based on Ubuntu Maverick 10.10) which
use:
- linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic      2.6.35-28.49
- xserver-xorg-video-intel             2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5.2

.. but once the system installed, the black screen problem come back. I
can't actually undestand the difference between the live OS and the
installed one (after the installation, the kernel is slightly different;
but after installing exactly the same than the one used in the live CD,
the problem persist).

I also tried other Ubuntu release, even the latest Ubuntu 12.04 precise
(alpha version): same issue.

Booting with nomodeset helps also, but lead to a low resolution.

Any idea on what could explain that eveything is working correctly with
the livecd, and nothing once the system installed ?

More generaly, how can i help to have a working solution ?

Packages installed:
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ii  libdrm-intel1                          2.4.30-1ubuntu1
ii  xserver-xorg-video-intel               2:2.15.901-1ubuntu4

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Thu Jan 19 17:07:41 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0102] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0512]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120112)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 360
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-9-generic-pae root=UUID=4f9a709d-de4a-4cc6-a27b-0c6e05a2cde2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 07K1DC
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: PRAndrews_2H03P_A01.SDR
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd12/22/2011:svnDellInc.:pnVostro360:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn07K1DC:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct13:cvrPRAndrews_2H03P_A01.SDR:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 360
dmi.product.version: 00
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.10.4-1ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1