Hello Devs.
After upgrading to linux 5.12 the display on my X1 Carbon Gen 2 starts
to flicker. Well actually it seems to turn off and on again and again.
Here a link to a video a person posted who has the same issue as me
obviousely.
https://linuxove.com/thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-3-display-flickering-on-linux-kernel-5-12/
This happens without having Xorg running too. So it can't be related to
Xorg. The kernel boots and after a few seconds, the kernel messages
scoll through, the flickering starts. Nothing special in dmesg.
dmesg:
himbeere@rather ~ $ dmesg | grep i915
[ 0.713595] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[ 0.720280] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes:
olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[ 0.741494] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Panel advertises DPCD backlight
support, but VBT disagrees. If your backlight controls don't work try
booting with i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=1. If your machine needs this,
please file a _new_ bug report on drm/i915, see
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/wikis/How-to-file-i915-bugs
for details.
[ 1.864837] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for 0000:00:02.0 on
minor 0
[ 1.875907] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 3.158255] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer
device
himbeere@rather ~ $
Downgrading to 5.11 solves the issue for me. Any ideas?
cheers, t.
Hello.
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 10:24:26AM +0200, Thomas Stein wrote:
> After upgrading to linux 5.12 the display on my X1 Carbon Gen 2 starts to
> flicker. Well actually it seems to turn off and on again and again. Here a
> link to a video a person posted who has the same issue as me obviousely. https://linuxove.com/thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-3-display-flickering-on-linux-kernel-5-12/
>
> This happens without having Xorg running too. So it can't be related to
> Xorg. The kernel boots and after a few seconds, the kernel messages scoll
> through, the flickering starts. Nothing special in dmesg.
>
> dmesg:
>
> himbeere@rather ~ $ dmesg | grep i915
> [ 0.713595] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
> [ 0.720280] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes:
> olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
> [ 0.741494] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Panel advertises DPCD backlight
> support, but VBT disagrees. If your backlight controls don't work try
> booting with i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=1. If your machine needs this,
> please file a _new_ bug report on drm/i915, see
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/wikis/How-to-file-i915-bugs for
> details.
> [ 1.864837] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for 0000:00:02.0 on
> minor 0
> [ 1.875907] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
> [ 3.158255] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device
> himbeere@rather ~ $
>
> Downgrading to 5.11 solves the issue for me. Any ideas?
Does [1] fix your issue?
[1] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm-tip/patch/?id=acca7762eb71bc05a8f28d29320d193150051f79
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Oleksandr Natalenko (post-factum)
Yes, it does indeed! No flicker anymore. Thanks and cheers!
On 2021-05-14 14:34, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 10:24:26AM +0200, Thomas Stein wrote:
>> After upgrading to linux 5.12 the display on my X1 Carbon Gen 2 starts
>> to
>> flicker. Well actually it seems to turn off and on again and again.
>> Here a
>> link to a video a person posted who has the same issue as me
>> obviousely.
>> https://linuxove.com/thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-3-display-flickering-on-linux-kernel-5-12/
>>
>> This happens without having Xorg running too. So it can't be related
>> to
>> Xorg. The kernel boots and after a few seconds, the kernel messages
>> scoll
>> through, the flickering starts. Nothing special in dmesg.
>>
>> dmesg:
>>
>> himbeere@rather ~ $ dmesg | grep i915
>> [ 0.713595] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
>> [ 0.720280] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes:
>> olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
>> [ 0.741494] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Panel advertises DPCD
>> backlight
>> support, but VBT disagrees. If your backlight controls don't work try
>> booting with i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=1. If your machine needs this,
>> please file a _new_ bug report on drm/i915, see
>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/wikis/How-to-file-i915-bugs
>> for
>> details.
>> [ 1.864837] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for 0000:00:02.0
>> on
>> minor 0
>> [ 1.875907] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
>> [ 3.158255] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer
>> device
>> himbeere@rather ~ $
>>
>> Downgrading to 5.11 solves the issue for me. Any ideas?
>
> Does [1] fix your issue?
>
> [1]
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm-tip/patch/?id=acca7762eb71bc05a8f28d29320d193150051f79