On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:52:17 +0100 Francesco Negri <francescone...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is still a problem on my laptop, an Asus F201E running sid and > updated regularly. > > Changing the session from "Gnome Wayland" to "Gnome" as I mentioned in > my previous comment was not a permanent fix: the problem re-appeared > after reboot. > > Best workaround I've found so far: > * boot debian (screen flickers on GDM login screen) > * login into gnome shell (screen continues to flicker) > * press the "lock screen" icon (screen continues to flicker on the GDM screen) > * wait about 1 second and the screen goes black > * move the pointer: the screen comes back and it's not flickering anymore > > I have not done additional research on the root cause but I'm happy to > provide additional information if useful. > > Francesco > > > On Thu, 14 May 2015 10:02:27 +0200 "carno...@gmail.com" > <carno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 14 May 2015 00:53:49 +0100 Francesco Negri < francescone...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > I have the same issue. > > > > > > It seems to be related to Wayland, see: > > > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44779 > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199890 > > > > > > I fixed it on my machine by logging out and selecting "Gnome" instead > > > of "Gnome Wayland" as the GDM session (little cog icon under your > > > username). I'm not sure on how to change this setting from a config > > > file rather than from the GUI. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the info. That should really help the developers to find where > > is the real problem. > > I don't have Gnome on my machine. I really don't like it , so it's not even > > installed. I have KDE, > > and therefore KDM as session manager. Probably this problem also affeccts > > KDM. > > > > Thanks > > Iván Lago. > > I'm also still suffering this bug (Toshiba Satellite P750-11W). I've not found any workaround for it. Only solution is not using kernel 4, so it seems clear to me that the problem lies there. I will also be more than happy to provide as much feedback as necessary. Iván Lago
