Bug 1369480 - The secondary monitor attached through a docking Station continuously flickers when connected over DisplayPort
Summary: The secondary monitor attached through a docking Station continuously flicker...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intel
Version: 24
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-08-23 14:03 UTC by Shijoe Panjikkaran
Modified: 2017-07-26 07:27 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-07-26 07:27:11 UTC
Type: Bug


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Non-woring Xorg.log (30.08 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-23 14:04 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
NonWorking register snapshot (2.03 MB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:06 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
Non-working video ROM (64.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:06 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
Non-working register dump (13.02 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-23 14:07 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
Non-working journallogs (463.51 KB, text/x-vhdl)
2016-08-23 14:08 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
non working 128_opregion (8.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:09 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
non working 64_opregion (8.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:09 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
non working 0_opregion (8.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:10 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
working Video ROM (64.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:11 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
working register snapshot (2.03 MB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:12 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
Working register dump (13.02 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-23 14:14 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
Working boot journal (445.81 KB, text/x-vhdl)
2016-08-23 14:15 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
working 128_opregion (8.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:15 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
working 64_opregion (8.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:16 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
working 0_opregion (8.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2016-08-23 14:17 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details
Installed Rpms (82.54 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-23 14:18 UTC, Shijoe Panjikkaran
no flags Details

Description Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:03:27 UTC
Description of problem:

My Lenovo Thinkpad T440 is docked over a Docking station and a secondary monitor is attached connected over a DisplayPort.

The Secondary monitor continously flickers (as in disabled/enabled) when booted over the 4.6.5 kernel including the latest Fedora24 kernel available via regular update. But the same environment works without any issue if booted in to 4.5.5-300.fc24.x86_64.

The application windows do not lose position even when the display goes off and comes again.

The Fedora is fully updated and So is the BIOS, I have even managed to update the Docking Station firmware from https://support.lenovo.com/it/en/documents/ht081248 but still the problem continues. 

Adding the kernel options " intel_pstate=no_hwp i915.enable_rc6=0 " is also seen to help but power management goes for a toss.

The problem is not associated to any suspend/hibernate or undocking triggers.

I have followed the instructions from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Xorg_problems and am attaching the collected information to this bug.

My external Monitor is Dell 24" P2414H

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1) xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-24.20160712.fc24.x86_64
2) Kernel-4.6.6-300.fc24.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Dock
2.Boot to the affected kernels and just wait for 2 mins or so
3.

Actual results:
Flickering

Expected results:
Not Flicker

Additional info:
Using KDE but behaviour happens with other environments too

Comment 1 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:04:52 UTC
Created attachment 1193318 [details]
Non-woring Xorg.log

Comment 2 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:06:03 UTC
Created attachment 1193319 [details]
NonWorking register snapshot

Comment 3 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:06:56 UTC
Created attachment 1193320 [details]
Non-working video ROM

Comment 4 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:07:35 UTC
Created attachment 1193321 [details]
Non-working register dump

Comment 5 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:08:20 UTC
Created attachment 1193322 [details]
Non-working journallogs

Comment 6 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:09:10 UTC
Created attachment 1193324 [details]
non working 128_opregion

Comment 7 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:09:49 UTC
Created attachment 1193325 [details]
non working 64_opregion

Comment 8 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:10:28 UTC
Created attachment 1193326 [details]
non working 0_opregion

Comment 9 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:11:46 UTC
Created attachment 1193328 [details]
working Video ROM

Comment 10 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:12:56 UTC
Created attachment 1193329 [details]
working register snapshot

Comment 11 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:14:26 UTC
Created attachment 1193330 [details]
Working register dump

Comment 12 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:15:18 UTC
Created attachment 1193331 [details]
Working boot journal

Comment 13 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:15:57 UTC
Created attachment 1193332 [details]
working 128_opregion

Comment 14 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:16:34 UTC
Created attachment 1193333 [details]
working 64_opregion

Comment 15 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:17:06 UTC
Created attachment 1193334 [details]
working 0_opregion

Comment 16 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2016-08-23 14:18:47 UTC
Created attachment 1193335 [details]
Installed Rpms

Comment 18 Fedora End Of Life 2017-07-25 22:35:46 UTC
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Comment 19 Shijoe Panjikkaran 2017-07-26 07:27:11 UTC
Hi, 

I am closing this bug.

This was combination of tuned powersave profile and kernel 4.6.

Not reproducible now on newer tuned and kernels.


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