[Bug 97056] [HSW] Screen flickering problems on Acer laptops from 4.6 kernel

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--- Comment #13 from Tomasz Bazan <tomasz.bazan.89 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Elio from comment #12)
> (In reply to Peter Erdelyi from comment #11)
> > I have upgraded a Lenovo S540 from Fedora F23 (kernel-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64)
> > to F24 (kernel-4.6.3-300.fc24.x86_24) and the display started flickering at
> > the edges. The next kernel-4.8.0.0.rc1.git0.1.fc25.x86_64 flickered and
> > produced a loop,while the display changed the brightness. Touching the mouse
> > stopped the failure. Then it started again.
> > Kernel-4.8.0.0.rc3.git0.1.fc25.x86_64 doesn't flicker any more, but the ugly
> > loop with the changing brightness is still there during the boot process.
> > When I turn off the computer the display turns into a very bright white. 
> > 
> > chipset:    4 x Intel®core i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz
> > system architecture: 64-bit
> > xserver: 11.0 Fedora Project
> > mesa: Mesa DRI Intel(R)Haswell Mobile
> > kernel: 4.8.0-0.rc3.git0.1.fc25.x86_64
> > Linux distribution: Fedora 24
> > display connector: FHD, Laptop screen 1920*1080 px (full hd), mat.
> 
> Hello Peter, could you try updating your system to 4.10? a lot of new
> patches were merged recently.

Hello Elio, thanks for your reply. I confirm that on Acer v3-722G with debian
testing upgrading kernel to version 4.10.8 helps on flickering screen.

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