Intel hd HD530/HD520 , skylake (6th generation of intel cpus) video card problems list and solutions/quick fixes for linux.
Skylake (Intel HD530/HD520) video fix for Linux
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 06)
The problem :
Tested on:
* ubuntu trusty tahr (14.04)
* ubuntu wily (15.10)
* ubuntu xenial (16.04) (4.3.5 kernel)
* ubuntu xenial (16.04) (4.6 kernel)
* ubuntu xenial (16.04) (4.7.6 kernel)
* deepin linux (15.3) (4.4 kernel)
Lazy fix:
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/linuxenko/ubuntu-skylake-i915-video-fix/releases/download/v1/20-intel.conf
sudo cp 20-intel.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
And restart system then.
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/skl_guc_ver4.bin for module i915 issue.
FIX:
Download and install firmware.
cd /tmp
wget https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/intelr-graphics-linux/sklgucver43.tar.bz2
tar xf sklgucver43.tar.bz2
cd skl_guc_ver4_3/ ; sudo ./install.sh
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
4.6 kernel from the Ubuntu kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-yakkety seems very stable with no system hangs/video freeze.
Some graphic glitches remain which are fixed by adding Option "XVideo" "Disable"
in the Extensions
Section of your xorg.conf file.
Installation:
linux-headers-4.6.0-xxx_all.deb
, linux-headers-4.6.0-xxx-generic_xxx_i386/amd64.deb
linux-image-4.6.0-xxx-generic_xxx_i386/amd64.deb
from kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-yakkety
sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic
4.7.6 kernel from kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.6/ fixed all issues that I had with video on Ubuntu 16.04. All other solutions described here didn't work for me.
Installation:
linux-headers-4.7.6-xxx_all.deb
, linux-headers-4.7.6-xxx-generic_xxx_i386/amd64.deb
and linux-image-4.7.6-xxx-generic_xxx_i386/amd64.deb
from kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.7.6