upgrade 4.6.0 screen flash

[hikaga]

I use MSI gs60 PL to install kali
and i running 4.3.0 is fine
but after update to 4.6.0 ,my screen is flash all time.

found one interesting thing ..
when i move the mouse the screen flash will stop,
but i stop move it flash again

What can i do to make it work ?

#uname -a
Linux hiKaga 4.6.0-kali-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1kali1 (2016-07-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

[iojymbo]

I had the same symptom a couple mouths ago after upgrading Kali Sana to Kali Rolling. It's not a Kali bug, but a "Gnome Shell" issue since 3.18, especially with Nvidia driver as usual !

If you're not a "nix" user, you should probably reinstall Kali Rolling with latest build version, but if you're a keyboard warrior, open a tty as "root" and type :

# systemctl stop gdm3
# apt-get purge nvidia-*
# apt-get purge gdm3
# apt-get autoremove
# apt-get install gdm3
# apt-get install kali-desktop-gnome
# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
# apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
# update-initramfs -u -k all
# reboot

This fix my issue, hope this help !

[hikaga]

Hi iojymbo

First, thank you for your help.

I tried it, but it didn't work.
I get an error so when i install the nvidia-* pkg .
If remove the nvidia pkg it will be fine, but the screen still flashs.

I tried another method; copy the 4.3.0 /lib/module/4.3.0.../kernel/driver/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko to /lib/module/4.6.0.....
It worked !
the screen was fine, but I still have a problem:
I can't set the screen brightness...

[iojymbo]

Perhaps you can try to install "Bumblebee" in replacement of Nvidia driver because "i915.ko" is an Intel driver related, so your card must have an integrated Intel card !

[hikaga]

Yes, my notebook have an intergrated Inter card and nvidia graphics card

I will try install "Bumblebee" . thx!

[iojymbo]

I found my personal note about installing it, you just need to remove Nvidia driver (apt-get purge nvidia-*) before and open a tty as "root" :

# systemctl stop gdm
# apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus nvidia-settings -y
# adduser $USER bumblebee
# systemctl enable bumblebeed.service
# reboot

Easy isn't it ?

You can find a good thread about "Bumblebee" here:
- https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...nabled-Laptops