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Ubuntu 22.04.2 - Screen flickering / glitches

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1326 / 1 Year ago, tue, november 29, 2022, 6:22:58

I've been struggling with that for the last week. I've checked similar questions, and the proposed solutions worked only for a moment or reduced the glitches, but they didn't fix the issue. Also, I reinstalled Ubuntu, but it didn't help.

My setup is

XPS 13 9300

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Internal monitor

2 external monitors

The issue occurs only on the internal monitor. The 2 external ones are not affected. Which is opposite to other people's issues that I read. I found that when I change my internal monitor setting from 59.99 Hz to 48.00 Hz, the flickering is fixed. It occurs only during logging/screen lock.

I didn't install any new packages or drivers the day it happened. So I unplugged my laptop and went to my neighbor to help him. The issue appeared for the first time when I turned on the computer at his house. When I didn't touch the laptop, the screen was black. The flickering started occurring after touching the touchpad or keyboard.

I also found new warnings during boot:

x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS

pci 0000:00:07.0: DPC: RP PIO log size 0 is invalid

pci 0000:00:07.2: DPC: RP PIO log size 0 is invalid

blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)

blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)

blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)

blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)

wmi: Failed to parse WDG method

I'm able to run Ubuntu with those warnings. I checked the BIOS configuration and SGX is software enabled.

SUMMARY

Weirdly, something like that happens to the STABLE distro. So far, I've been a happy user of Ubuntu for at least three years. Also, this laptop was bought with Ubuntu 18.04 installed, so I think it has the hardware support. Thanks for your help; hopefully, I've given all the information needed to answer this problem.

SUMMARY OF ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT

Suggestions from this question - Screen flicker after a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04

Checked the Launchpad bug - [i915] screen is flickering in Ubuntu 22.04

Checked the other bug on Launchpad (same issue) - [i915] Screen flickering in Ubuntu 22.04

fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Edit:

I also did the screen test from the BIOS menu. Dell provides such a tool, and my screen passed the test. So it makes me sure it is a software issue.

Edit 2:
I've been trying to get my backup restored. So I start the system from Live USB a lot. The problem is that the snapshots from timeshift won't boot, unfortunately. I noticed now on the Live version of Ubuntu; the problem doesn't exist. Again it seems to be due to different monitor settings.