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Stability issues with dual screen and Nvidia card on Linux Ubuntu 22.04

I bought a laptop (HP Zbook) with integrated Nvidia GPU (RTX A500) to be able to do Deep Learning directly on the Laptop. I noticed that TensorFlow can only use Nvidia CUDA drivers when you are on ...
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Force VESA driver in Ubuntu 16.10

My Ubuntu 16.10 uses i915 driver. For some reasons I have troubles with it. So I want to force X to use VESA. I tried: blacklist i915 in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. Then sudo update-initramfs -u....
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Startup at login screen crashes

At Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Desktop login screen the display will change to flashing horizontal colored lines or display block artifacts at the login screen. Celeron N5105 Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 - Screen flickering / glitches

I've been struggling with that for the last week. I've checked similar questions, and the proposed solutions worked only for a moment or reduced the glitches, but they didn't fix the issue. Also, I ...
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Can RC6 (GPU power management) status be changed during runtime?

I am considering to try what is mentioned here - Battery life decreased after upgrade to 11.04 - concerning minimizing power consumption. For example I see that in my case - i915.i915_enable_rc6=0 ...
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Focal - screen flickering, i915 CPU pipe A/B FIFO underrun on Intel HD Graphics with DisplayPort screen

I have my Lenovo ThinkPad X220 connected to an Acer VG0 27" 1440p screen via DisplayPort. Periodically, the screen flicks off for several seconds. Usually it comes back, but occasionally it will ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 HP laptop Irisxe graphics no HDMI signal

After searching for quite a few days and trying different solutions I still cannot resolve this issue, thus, I'm asking for help. I have a new HP laptop (HP HP Laptop 17t-cn200) with Ubuntu 22.04.3 ...
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External USB-C monitor flickers / blinks randomly

I regularly use an external monitor, connected through USB-C/thunderbolt to my laptop. It usually works flawlessly, but every now and then (between a few weeks or a few days), the monitor starts ...
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Fixing GPU hang caused by i915 driver

Ran updates on my laptop recently, and after rebooting, my laptop started behaving weirdly. After I logged in, the screen started flickering, and as soon as I opened a window (the application menu ...
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stuck on boot - macbook pro 2011 - faulty AMD gpu

I followed this post: Ubuntu 20.04 Failed to Set MokListRT: Invalid Parameter I managed to replace the shimx64. Efi with grubx64. Efi, through LIVE Ubuntu. Now only appears a " _ " on the ...
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How do I fix screen flickering on Lenovo F554L notebook?

I had a perfectly fine laptop with lubuntu ruined by installing Lutris on it. No it has somehow ruined the display drivers. It now has an incessant flickering of the monitor that makes it almost ...
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i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A

This is an error against the internal Intel i915 VGA video card. I see the error on a daily basis in syslog, even though I use the Nvidia card in my system. To see if you have the problem, do the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 GPU Hang i915 Issue

My computer (specs at bottom of post) keeps freezing, and sometimes completely locking up needing a hard reset. I have found the error in the syslog, I'll post it below. The issue seems to occur semi ...
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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915

I upgraded my laptop to have the 4.8 kernel and during the process the following warnings came up. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-040800-generic W: Possible missing firmware /lib/...
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W: possible missing firmware for module i915

W: possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/dg2_huc_gsc.bin module i915 Kubuntu 22.04 2023 I can't find ANYTHING about this. the CPU is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 580 @ 2.67GHz Somebody please ...
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System is unusable after upgrade to 20.10 - i915 GPU hang

I have a Lenovo G710 laptop that ran Ubuntu flawlessly since 15.04. After updating to 20.04 there were occasional random complete freezes of the desktop. Having updated to 20.10, it now boots okay and ...
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Check RAM usage for i915 Intel GPU

I have a Lenovo Thikpad P14s with hybrid graphics : integrated Intel GPU and additional nVidia CPU. I used sudo prime-select intel to set it to use only the integrated GPU. There's a BIOS setting to ...
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Desktop "freezing" on Kubuntu 22.04 LTS

I have three Dell laptops, all running Kubuntu 22.04 LTS. Two are Precision 5530's and one is a slightly older Precision 5520. The KDE desktop "freezes" on all three within about 1 to 2 ...
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Which Mesa to install to a system that currently uses i915 (and xserver-xorg-video-intel)?

Which Mesa to install to a system that currently uses i915 (and xserver-xorg-video-intel)? I read that contemporary versions may drop the i915 driver and replace it with i915g. Then some sources said ...
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touchpad and keyboard of my laptop randomly freezing

I am experiencing a problem. Where the touchpad and keyboard of my laptop randomly freeze. Only suspending, by closing the lid and then opening it helps. It happens on every Linux distro I've tried. ...
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Kubuntu 22.04 plasma freeze, but mouse is mooving. Intel and nVidia Video Card problem?

I'm facing a very disturbing problem: randomically, 3 or 4/day, plasma freezes. I can still move the mouse, and unplugging and plugging the HDMI cable I can defreeze it. The problems seems to be ...
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screen flickering **i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun: transcoder,** issue

I am having Screen flickering issue on my ubuntu laptop. I was getting i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] ERROR CPU pipe A FIFO underrun: transcoder, issue please anyone help me to fix this issue. I have tried ...
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Flickering screen + CPU pipe B FIFO underrun when I use the termnal

This is my configuration: $ inxi -b System: Host: balrog Kernel: 4.8.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.5.5 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial Machine: System: Dell (portable) ...
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Setting intel GPU limits in Ubuntu 17.04 no longer works

I was using Ubuntu MATE 16.04 before, but recently switched to 17.04 because it came with updated thermald and I assumed it will fix bugs like this for me. I had problems with thermald in Ubuntu 16.04 ...
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Is i915 the right driver for my TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] GPU?

I just upgraded from 20.04 on an old laptop to 21.10 on a new one. The old one used the proprietary NVidia graphics driver - the new one uses i915. My GPU setup: $ sudo lshw -C video *-display ...
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Terrible dual monitor desktop performance with Intel Iris Xe on Ubuntu 20.04

Using the standard desktop environment, with or without Wayland, the performance is terrible when using two monitors. Interestingly, watching 4k@24hz video on the second monitor is no problem at all, ...
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How to enable DRI for i915 laptop video card when glxgears not render output without error provided?

I've did sudo apt-get purge nvidia* sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-intel libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg sudo update-...
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Play the video will cause Z distortion after rotating on Ubuntu 20.04

On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the screen display causes Z distortion when playing a video or switching photos quickly after the screen is rotated. see the recording video. I also tried several tests but still ...
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Horizontal streaking and slowness after update

MSI Z390-A Pro, Intel Core i-7-9700 Using on-chip graphics. Apparently i915. kubuntu 20.04 After my update the other day, I get, esp. on kpat and libreoffice writer I get horizontal streaks in the top ...
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[drm:gen9_set_dc_state [i915]] Setting DC state from 02 to 00 spams my dmesg

dmesg messages are spamed with gazillions of entries like: [drm:gen9_set_dc_state [i915]] Setting DC state from 02 to 00 [drm:intel_power_well_enable [i915]] enabling DC off and then back [drm:...
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DisplayPort not being picked up

My mini-PC has Intel i7 running Lubuntu-18.04. It has 2 monitor outputs, one HDMI and one DisplayPort. The HDMI port has a HDMI monitor (E2441) plugged into it. The DisplayPort has a DisplayPort-HDMI ...
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"W: Possible missing firmware for module i915_bpo" when updating initramfs

When I run a kernel or NVIDIA driver update on my 16.04, this triggers an initramfs rebuild which outputs the warning below: Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.1) ... update-...
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how to get and install Intel i915 drivers on ubuntu 18.04?

Good day all please could someone help me as i think I am a bit stuck, I want to install the Intel 915 drivers on my HP Elitebook 2540p (yes i know its an artifact), I am using this laptop as a side ...
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How can I fix broken i915 drivers for Intel GPUs?

I've got troubles getting the i915 drivers to work correctly on my laptop (HP Pavilion DM4 2101ea). Specifically, the laptop screen goes black and stays black after the splash graphic when booting ...
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Chrome stop working after upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04

Last night I've upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and now Chrome won't start. 10:20:00 /opt/google/chrome$ ./chrome MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information MESA-LOADER: failed to open i915 (search ...
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Is it possible to fix the possible missing firmware (see picture below) after installing Kernel 5.4.0-48 to Kubuntu 18.04

I saw the previous questions on Possible missing firmware but in my case, I got few more than previously reported. See picture below. I installed this kernel: 5.4.0-48-generic #52~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP ...
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xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 broke hardware acceleration

I have been struggling to get my hybrid graphics (i915, amdgpu) to properly work in Ubuntu 18.04. A few months ago, I installed the drivers from ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers. While the Intel drivers ...
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Ubuntu does not startup anymore with "i915 invalid parameters enable_dpcd_backlight" error messages

Since yesterday my dual-boot laptop does not start anymore with an error message: i915: ' invalid for parameter enable_dpcd_backlight' hdaudio hdaudioC0D2: Unable to bind the codec Anyone has an ...
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Graphics driver not keeping up under Ubuntu 20.04

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04. I experience the following problem. The graphics is slightly delayed every second or so. This can be seen in at least three ways. Video playback where ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 i915 passthrough with libvirt/kvm

I'm trying to passthrough my integrated Intel GPU for transcoding purposes. Host I'm running on a NUC with a Coffee Lake i7 processor with ubuntu 20.04 LTS Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8559U CPU @ 2.70GHz $ ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 graphics driver problem [duplicate]

I have upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04, and now I have a problem with my graphics rendering (strange squares on background and font problems). I use the i915 driver. Graphics card: Skylake GT2 HD ...
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Setting kernel options for the i915

I am trying to configure the i915 driver on my XPS 13 (9360) running Ubuntu 16.04 for better battery runtime. I have created a kernel config file with this name: /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf Content ...
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Upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 breaks i915 driver detection

I recently upgraded from xenial (16.04.3 LTS) to bionic (18.04.3 LTS), and my intel graphics driver is no longer detected. I used to use i915_bpo as the driver, as far as I remember. And now the ...
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i915 Whiskey Lake GT2 has graphics corruption, sometimes crashes/hangs Xorg

I've installed Ubuntu on a new laptop, the LG Gram 17 which has Whiskey Lake 3x8 GT2 graphics. Some applications are causing corruption with triangle segments that are blacked out. Screenshot ...
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Graphic Driver Problem Display freeze, tear and jitter Ubuntu 19.04

I recently bought a new PC ThinkPad E580 with Intel and AMD graphics card. I installed Ubuntu 19.04 in my PC as the dual system with Windows 10. Windows 10 works well but I had a great problem with ...
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Nvidia 1070 on home built system wtih ubuntu Disco Dingo - Various problems

I started off trying to update my computer and this has been now a few weekends of hell. This is a self-built desktop with an Nvidia GEForce 1070 graphics card Problem (primary)-display manager will ...
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help! W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9

I would like to know what this means and how it can be solved. I ran the following lines: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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Ubuntu desktop 16 lost i915 drivers after kernel upgrade

i have 2 systems both are exactly the same hardware. on 1st box i installed efi Ubuntu desktop 16.04.4 then upgraded to 4.15.0-43-generic and all works as expected. (i can see my i2c bus\devices ) ...
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i915 is not loaded with latest kernel

I downloaded and compiled the latest kernel in ubuntu 16.04.In that kernel config file I make I915=m and I compiled it.But still i915 module is not getting loaded.Please provide any solutions.I tried ...
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Dell XPS 13, Ubuntu 16.04, problem with Adapter DA200 i915 [closed]

I have a problem with the Dell Adapter DA200 with my Dell XPS 13. The OS is Ubuntu 16.04, kernel 4.15.0. I installed the patch for i915 usbc (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93578&dgc=...