From what I have seen this issue is a "little bit" outdated and it seems like people have stopped having this problem. However, I am trying to install Ubuntu 19.10 on the Dell XPS 15 and it always results in screen flicker. I cannot find any more solutions to my problem so I have decided to ask a question directly.
CPU :Intel Core i5-8300H
GPU :NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (4GB GDDR5)
I have tried to do everything that is mentioned in this post: Ubuntu 18.04 Screen Flickering on Dell XPS 15 9570 GTX 1050 Ti (Note: my laptop contains GTX 1050 graphics and not 1050Ti)
The only way to get past this issue is to set nomodeset
in the grub parameters (This would have been satisfactory however, the OS will take about 60 seconds longer to start and I cannot set the brightness of the screen. This problem also occurs if I try to boot any other Linux distros (I have tried Arch and POP!_OS)). (The issue does not occur in Windows)
I have tried downgrading my kernel to the suggested versions (4.17.4 and 4.20)
I have tried using the suggested script posted on github : https://github.com/JackHack96/dell-xps-9570-ubuntu-respin
I have also tried to blacklist nouveau however, the issue does not seem to be driver related
If anyone has any suggestions to how I could solve my problem it would be greatly appreciated
dkms status
output: nvidia, 435.21, 5.3.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
and Whats installed:dkms status
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2362351&p=13649946#post13649946 – oldfred Jan 25 '20 at 15:08prime-select intel
which primed my intel graphics the issue persists if I remove nomodeset – IO.PY Jan 25 '20 at 15:37dkms status
– oldfred Jan 25 '20 at 19:38dkms status
output – IO.PY Jan 25 '20 at 20:46