Weird screen flickering with Intel HD Graphics 5500

[Liam Proven]

On 15 November 2017 at 17:47, Teresa e Junior <teresaejunior at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (through to F6) to switch to a text-only console.
>> Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch back.
>
> The TTYs flicker the same way.

That suggests it is not a graphics driver related problem, but some to
do with your GPU chip, I'm afraid.

>> All "nomodeset" to your kernel parameters.
>
> That works, thank you, but 3D rendering now is slower, and the laptop seems
> hotter! I think I'll stick with the random flickering + suspend the laptop +
> wake again!

:-o

It shouldn't change anything once the machine has got to the desktop!

It sounds to me like you have a sick graphics chip. It's not much to
go on, and I'm not certain, but that is my guess.

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