[Bug 108520] New: MST DisplayPort HiDPI screen flicker

[Bug 108520] New: MST DisplayPort HiDPI screen flicker

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            Bug ID: 108520
           Summary: MST DisplayPort HiDPI screen flicker
           Product: xorg
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Driver/nouveau
          Assignee: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
          Reporter: jhnmlkvch9-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
        QA Contact: xorg-team-go0+a7rfsptAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org

HiDPI MST monitor connected via DisplayPort has bad screen flicker (one to
three high speed flickers every 20 seconds or so).

Version of X: 1.20
Nouveau: 1.0.15-3
Kernel: 4.18.16-arch1-1-ARCH

Curiously, the flicker only happens on my Optimus laptop with Hybrid Graphics
disabled (Intel off, Nouveau on). The flicker disappears if Hybrid Graphics is
enabled (Both Intel and Nouveau cards on).

Can't find anything relevant in dmesg, journal etc., but let me know which logs
will be useful and I can upload them.

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--- Comment #1 from Ilia Mirkin <imirkin-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> ---
I'd guess that in hybrid mode, the DP port is driven by Intel, which has a more
battle-tested implementation.

dmesg and xorg log will be useful to provide background information, even if
they don't have any errors in them.

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Created attachment 142160
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Created attachment 142161
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--- Comment #4 from JM9 <jhnmlkvch9-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---
(In reply to Ilia Mirkin from comment #1)
> I'd guess that in hybrid mode, the DP port is driven by Intel, which has a
> more battle-tested implementation.
> 
> dmesg and xorg log will be useful to provide background information, even if
> they don't have any errors in them.

attached xorg log and dmesg

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[Bug 108520] [GK104] MST DisplayPort HiDPI screen flicker

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|MST DisplayPort HiDPI       |[GK104] MST DisplayPort
                   |screen flicker              |HiDPI screen flicker

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--- Comment #5 from Ilia Mirkin <imirkin-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> ---
OK, so ...

A few facts:

 - GK104
 - Driving 4 monitors

Question: Are the 2560x1440 and 1920x1200 daisy-chained (hence the "MST"
reference), or is it just that the 2560x1440 monitor's manufacturer name is
"MST", without any reference to Multi-Stream Transport?

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--- Comment #6 from JM9 <jhnmlkvch9-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---
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> OK, so ...
> 
> A few facts:
> 
>  - GK104
>  - Driving 4 monitors
> 
> Question: Are the 2560x1440 and 1920x1200 daisy-chained (hence the "MST"
> reference), or is it just that the 2560x1440 monitor's manufacturer name is
> "MST", without any reference to Multi-Stream Transport?

They are not daisy-chained. I'm not sure about the MST reference. I think this
is  a regression in X11 1.20. I filed a separate bug about that:
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108516
(If Hybrid Graphics is enabled, MST reference is gone.)

Another odd thing I noticed is, if I start X and then hot plug the monitor,
there is no flicker.

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--- Comment #7 from JM9 <jhnmlkvch9-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---
(In reply to JM9 from comment #6)
> (In reply to Ilia Mirkin from comment #5)
> > OK, so ...
> > 
> > A few facts:
> > 
> >  - GK104
> >  - Driving 4 monitors
> > 
> > Question: Are the 2560x1440 and 1920x1200 daisy-chained (hence the "MST"
> > reference), or is it just that the 2560x1440 monitor's manufacturer name is
> > "MST", without any reference to Multi-Stream Transport?
> 
> They are not daisy-chained. I'm not sure about the MST reference. I think
> this is  a regression in X11 1.20. I filed a separate bug about that:
> https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108516
> (If Hybrid Graphics is enabled, MST reference is gone.)
> 

Scratch that. I was being confused. The MST reference is still there, but the
naming scheme is different.

> Another odd thing I noticed is, if I start X and then hot plug the monitor,
> there is no flicker.

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--- Comment #8 from Ilia Mirkin <imirkin-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> ---
So it sounds like there's a DP ports are hard-attached to the NVIDIA chip,
which is why you're seeing it as "DP-1-1" for the "optimus" case. It's actually
using the outputs attached to the NVIDIA gpu. The "local" DP outputs are
probably meant for a dock.

Are both the 2560x1440 and 1920x1200 monitors attached via DP? Or are there
converters in between?

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--- Comment #9 from JM9 <jhnmlkvch9-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ---
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> So it sounds like there's a DP ports are hard-attached to the NVIDIA chip,
> which is why you're seeing it as "DP-1-1" for the "optimus" case. It's
> actually using the outputs attached to the NVIDIA gpu. The "local" DP
> outputs are probably meant for a dock.
> 
> Are both the 2560x1440 and 1920x1200 monitors attached via DP? Or are there
> converters in between?

They are both connected via dock. 2560x1440 (the only one with the flicker
problem) is additionally going through a DP to DVI Dual Link Adapter.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |MOVED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

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