Public bug reported: I am experiencing frequent display corruption after installing Ubuntu 17.10 on my 2013 Macbook Air (version 6.2). The display flickers with a corrupted image for a brief second before returning to normal.
Booting with nomodeset removes the corruption. I have tried some of the workarounds listed on the archwiki for screen flickering on intel (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Screen_flickering). They did not work for me. Also. I don't think this is related to any specific applications, because I get the corruption regardless of distro and desktop environment. Even though the corruption happens regularly (at least once every 10 secons), I have also found a way to manually trigger it. If I run lm- sensors, the display will show major corruption for a second. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: drblah 1467 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: drblah 1467 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME Date: Sat Oct 28 22:44:20 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cf502dac-fe57-42d2-85c8-0c6ed46b133a InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookAir6,2 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--budgie--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.169 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/08/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBA61.88Z.0103.B00.1708080653 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookAir6,2 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBA61.88Z.0103.B00.1708080653:bd08/08/2017:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookAir6,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5:rvrMacBookAir6,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5: dmi.product.family: MacBook Air dmi.product.name: MacBookAir6,2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful ** Attachment added: "Video showing the screen corruption." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728303/+attachment/4998997/+files/flickering.mp4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728303 Title: Display corruption on intel haswell Macbook Air Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am experiencing frequent display corruption after installing Ubuntu 17.10 on my 2013 Macbook Air (version 6.2). The display flickers with a corrupted image for a brief second before returning to normal. Booting with nomodeset removes the corruption. I have tried some of the workarounds listed on the archwiki for screen flickering on intel (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Screen_flickering). They did not work for me. Also. I don't think this is related to any specific applications, because I get the corruption regardless of distro and desktop environment. Even though the corruption happens regularly (at least once every 10 secons), I have also found a way to manually trigger it. If I run lm- sensors, the display will show major corruption for a second. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-16-generic 4.13.0-16.19 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: drblah 1467 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: drblah 1467 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME Date: Sat Oct 28 22:44:20 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cf502dac-fe57-42d2-85c8-0c6ed46b133a InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookAir6,2 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--budgie--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.169 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/08/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBA61.88Z.0103.B00.1708080653 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookAir6,2 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBA61.88Z.0103.B00.1708080653:bd08/08/2017:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookAir6,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5:rvrMacBookAir6,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5: dmi.product.family: MacBook Air dmi.product.name: MacBookAir6,2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. 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