Weird screen flickering with Intel HD Graphics 5500

[Liam Proven]

On 15 November 2017 at 14:57, Teresa e Junior <teresaejunior at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been using Linux on different laptops for many years, and after I
> upgraded to 17.10, this is the first time I'm having problems with an Intel
> GPU.
>
> Here is a 5.6 MB video showing the problem:
> https://app.box.com/s/k3ha43yt0eedy12wcl6t0bzo1qbk5zhe
>
> Every time this happens, I have to close the lid to suspend the laptop for a
> few seconds.
>
> ~> inxi -G
> Graphics:  Card: Intel HD Graphics 5500
>            Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.5 )
>            drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
>            Resolution: 1366x768 at 59.97hz
>            OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2)
>            version: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2
>
> Anyone knows how to solve this?

I can't see the video, but some possible work-arounds for screen corruption...

Temporary:

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (through to F6) to switch to a text-only console.
Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch back.

Permanent:

All "nomodeset" to your kernel parameters.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters


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