Questions tagged [i915]
The i915 tag has no usage guidance.
99
questions
0
votes
4
answers
1k
views
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 ...
- 1
6
votes
5
answers
2k
views
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 ...
- 63
2
votes
0
answers
200
views
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. ...
- 31
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
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 ...
- 211
1
vote
0
answers
432
views
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 ...
0
votes
0
answers
75
views
Xbuntu 22.04 screen becomes gray
I did six fresh installs of xubuntu 22.04 on six AsusTek UN45 (Celeron N3000). Randomly, after some hours of work (2 times per day in 6 PC), the screen becomes gray and can no longer show images. I ...
- 251
0
votes
0
answers
395
views
Display problems with Lubuntu 22.04 and Intel UHD Graphics 600
I have two touchscreen tablet computers where I have installed Lubuntu 22.04. There are problems with the displays when Linux starts:
First computer has black screen once desktop has been loaded. I ...
- 1
0
votes
2
answers
792
views
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 ...
1
vote
1
answer
3k
views
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 ...
1
vote
0
answers
2k
views
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 ...
- 1,165
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
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-...
- 258
1
vote
0
answers
100
views
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 ...
- 11
0
votes
0
answers
13
views
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 ...
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
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, ...
- 61
1
vote
0
answers
992
views
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 ...
- 671
0
votes
1
answer
675
views
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 ...
1
vote
2
answers
3k
views
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 ...
- 171
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
VLC Crashes when attempting to open any video (Ubuntu 18.04 with Unity)
I open VLC, and then open the file as I would normally, but ever since I updated to 18.04 last week, VLC and Ubuntu's totem video player just crash on any attempt to open and play a video of any ...
- 111
4
votes
4
answers
9k
views
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 ...
- 6,041
0
votes
0
answers
363
views
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 ...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
396
views
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 ...
0
votes
0
answers
483
views
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 ...
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
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 ...
- 51
1
vote
3
answers
4k
views
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 ...
- 281
0
votes
0
answers
4k
views
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
$ ...
3
votes
1
answer
2k
views
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 ...
- 41
9
votes
1
answer
6k
views
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 ...
- 91
1
vote
1
answer
811
views
[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:...
- 965
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
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 ...
- 111
0
votes
1
answer
576
views
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 ...
1
vote
1
answer
931
views
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 ...
- 11
3
votes
2
answers
18k
views
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 ...
- 338
0
votes
1
answer
246
views
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 ...
- 1
-1
votes
1
answer
618
views
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 )
...
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
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 ...
- 1
5
votes
1
answer
31k
views
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 ...
- 93
0
votes
1
answer
797
views
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=...
1
vote
1
answer
6k
views
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
...
- 325
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
How to enable power saving features for the i915 kernel module?
According to this post on Arch wiki the i915 kernel module has options which result in significant power savings.
How to "pass" the following options to the i915 kernel module?
enable_fbc=1 ...
- 278
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Screen flickering since Ubuntu install
I have a screen flickering since my first Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS installation and tried everything mentioned in this post: Flickering screen with Intel graphics on Ubuntu 17.04
and setting it to nomodeset ...
- 113
0
votes
1
answer
734
views
How to install ubuntu in Intels i9 line of processors(7920 &7960)
I recently purchased intels latest offering i9 core X-series 7960.While i got windows running on it but ubuntu 16.04,17.10.1 doesnt boot and also tried Fedora but of no use .I tried with acpi=off but ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
3k
views
How to enable direct rendering for i915 driver?
My glxgears works just fine, bit of slow though. When running on some python OpenGL demo, it crashes with
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major ...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
775
views
How to overcome blank login screen using 2 monitors with laptop (Intel i965)
I have just installed Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Kernel: Linux 4.10.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE(Lubuntu)) on a Dell Latitude D630 (Intel GM965 graphics). It works fine with just the (undocked) ...
- 11
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
drm/i915 GPU Hang in Artful Advark 17.10
I have installed fresh Ubuntu Mate 17.10 - Artful Advark.
This is my Intel configuration file:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver ...
- 265
2
votes
2
answers
5k
views
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 ...
- 361
1
vote
0
answers
992
views
Skylake Integrated Graphics not working on 16.04 Server
I am trying to install 16.04 Ubuntu Server on a machine with a Gigabyte H270 chipset motherobard and an i5-6400. Server installation runs smoothly without any issues.
On the first boot though the ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
741
views
Intel i915 graphics card - Macbook 4,1 freeze on Ubuntu 16.04
Graphics card frequently freezes on Ubuntu 16.04 running on a Macbook 4,1.
Based on the info I found in System Log it looks like something related to the graphics driver getting stuck in here:
[drm:...
- 111
5
votes
2
answers
21k
views
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 ...
- 453
4
votes
3
answers
13k
views
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) ...
- 41
3
votes
0
answers
837
views
"Unknown stepping info, firmware loading failed"
During boot up of Ubuntu 16.10, my Acer Aspire F5 (Intel i5-7200u) has a firmware loading error. 16.04 had the same problem.
It looks like it first tried to load i915_bpo 2.0, which fails, and then ...
