Created attachment 358895 [details] lspci dump Description of problem: after switch to X the backlight flickers as if defective or power management is constantly adjusting the levels also use of nomodeset causes screen to go totally blank after the fedora boot progress bar reaches the end (probably during the switch to X) the nomodeset option also seems to adjust brightness levels in bios as they are reset to the lowest levels each time the nomodeset option is used finally there is a pronounced lag to mouse movements Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.8.0-3.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.install fedora 12 on laptop with intel 4500mhd graphics 2. 3. Actual results: screen flicker, mouse lag, nomodeset issues Expected results: Additional info: the laptop is a dell 1545 and is less than a week old. display confirmed not defective and the flicker issue is not present in other OS or in BIOS config screens while the nomodeset problem may be a different issue, since it is affecting backlight levels and the intel video is having backlight flicker issues I am including it for reference
Created attachment 358896 [details] xorg log file
I have noticed that the screen flicker seems to occur when there is additional i/o happening. if the system is idle with no other i/o then the display is stable. however if the mouse, keyboard or hard drive are accessed the flicker happens.
Does this go away if you boot with i915.powersave=0 ?
(In reply to comment #3) > Does this go away if you boot with i915.powersave=0 ? even though it complains that "i915.powersave=0 is an invalid option. ignoring" at boot it does seem to help however I then get a gnome kernel failed notice once in the gui. the oops can be viewed here: http://www.kerneloops.org/submitresult.php?number=667407
Alright, that makes this Matthew's bug then.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Confirm bug with the following adapter: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e4 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29 Memory at fd400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at 5c00 [size=8] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915
The powersave code was disabled, so any flickering is due to something else. Could you please file a separate bug?