Public bug reported: 16.04 on a Thinkpad t450.
Tried Chrome and Chromium from the archive. Both exhibit flicker at random intervals. Most notable in dynamic pages like tweetdeck. Tried switching off GPU acceleration in browser and I get different flickering. Tried changing full screen redirect options as per bug 1442728. Tried enabling the proprietary intel microcode in software properties. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: chromium-browser 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity DRM.card0.DP.1: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.DP.2: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.eDP.1: edid-base64: AP///////wAw5AYEAAAAAAAXAQSVHxF46tyVo1hVoCYNUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBujaArHA4JEA8JDUANa8QAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBMRyBEaXNwbGF5CiAgAAAA/gBMUDE0MFdGMS1TUEoxAHk= dpms: On modes: 1920x1080 enabled: enabled status: connected Date: Wed Apr 13 14:49:42 2016 Desktop-Session: 'ubuntu' '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snappy/desktop' Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-08 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160407) Load-Avg-1min: 2.49 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% MachineType: LENOVO 20BV001BUK ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-18-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: JBET56WW (1.21 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20BV001BUK dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 0B98417 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJBET56WW(1.21):bd01/27/2016:svnLENOVO:pn20BV001BUK:pvrThinkPadT450:rvnLENOVO:rn20BV001BUK:rvr0B98417WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.name: 20BV001BUK dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T450 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569915 Title: Intermittent flicker in chrom{e|ium} Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 16.04 on a Thinkpad t450. Tried Chrome and Chromium from the archive. Both exhibit flicker at random intervals. Most notable in dynamic pages like tweetdeck. Tried switching off GPU acceleration in browser and I get different flickering. Tried changing full screen redirect options as per bug 1442728. Tried enabling the proprietary intel microcode in software properties. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: chromium-browser 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity DRM.card0.DP.1: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.DP.2: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2: edid-base64: dpms: Off modes: enabled: disabled status: disconnected DRM.card0.eDP.1: edid-base64: AP///////wAw5AYEAAAAAAAXAQSVHxF46tyVo1hVoCYNUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBujaArHA4JEA8JDUANa8QAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBMRyBEaXNwbGF5CiAgAAAA/gBMUDE0MFdGMS1TUEoxAHk= dpms: On modes: 1920x1080 enabled: enabled status: connected Date: Wed Apr 13 14:49:42 2016 Desktop-Session: 'ubuntu' '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snappy/desktop' Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-08 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160407) Load-Avg-1min: 2.49 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% MachineType: LENOVO 20BV001BUK ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-18-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: JBET56WW (1.21 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20BV001BUK dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 0B98417 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJBET56WW(1.21):bd01/27/2016:svnLENOVO:pn20BV001BUK:pvrThinkPadT450:rvnLENOVO:rn20BV001BUK:rvr0B98417WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.name: 20BV001BUK dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T450 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1569915/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp