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title="NEEDINFO - [SKL] Flashing black screen ([drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun)"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94605#c98">Comment # 98</a>
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title="NEEDINFO - [SKL] Flashing black screen ([drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun)"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94605">bug 94605</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:przanoni@gmail.com" title="Paulo Zanoni <przanoni@gmail.com>"> <span class="fn">Paulo Zanoni</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to Paulo Zanoni from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=94605#c97">comment #97</a>)
<span class="quote">> (In reply to Dominik Klementowski from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=94605#c96">comment #96</a>)
> > (In reply to Paulo Zanoni from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=94605#c94">comment #94</a>)
> > > (In reply to Dominik Klementowski from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=94605#c92">comment #92</a>)
> > > > Latest intel-drm-nightly solved a lot of issues for my graphics - Intel HD
> > > > 520 (Skylake GT2) with Core i5-6200U (it's Acer E5 laptop).
> > > >
> > > > BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-994-generic root=... ro i915.enable_rc6=0
> > > > quiet splash
> > >
> > > Why are you using i915.enable_rc6=0? Please test again without that.
> >
> > Ok, I can confirm now - without parameter i915.enable_rc6=0 flickering is
> > still present and pretty often (more than once per minute I guess).
> > I have todays' intel-drm-nightly kernel.
> > dmesg is clear. I only have some pcie errors
>
> Wow. Can you please boot with drm.debug=0x1e i915.enable_rc6=1 and then
> retest, reproduce the problem, and attach the dmesg output here? (don't
> forget the drm.debug)</span >
Please also use the log_buf_len=1M option in addition to the others.
<span class="quote">>
> Also, it would be good to know the exact model of your laptop. We're trying
> to find which machines have these flickering issues. Your dmesg says "Aspire
> E5-574", but it looks like there are multiple models for the E5-574 laptop,
> so I'd like to know the "full name" in case you have it.
>
> Also, can you please do another test? Just "sudo mv /lib/firmware/i915
> /root/backup-lib-firmware-i915", then reboot and check if the problem
> persists.
>
> All tests should be *without* the i915.enable_rc6=0 option.
>
> Thanks,
> Paulo</span ></pre>
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