HDMI out breaks on 4.4.0.38.40 kernel update

Hi!

First post here, so please forgive and correct any formatting mistakes or breeches in etiquette.

So I might need to file a bug report, but I’m unsure and want to make sure I know what info to include. I use an Ubuntu Mate box to play media on my TV through an HDMI cable. It’s worked great besides occasional freezes, but on the newest kernel update (I think from 4.04.4.0-36-generic to 4.4.0.38-generic) the TV suddenly receives no signal. Rebooting with the previous kernel fixes the problem.

Here’s some hardware info (while booted on the working 4.04.4.0-36 kernel)

sudo lshw -c video:

*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:29 memory:fd800000-fdbfffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:cc00(size=8)
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:fdd00000-fddfffff

uname -a:

Linux daddy-U80A 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:01:55 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hi

I think you should also include:

  • output of inxi -MCG
  • output of sudo lshw -C video obtained while booted into the failing kernel (can you log in through SSH?)

… and a lot of other things.
I’ve recently reported a graphics bug on launchpad, I’ve been asked for a ton more infos, see here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1619556

After finally testing the latest upstream kernel they bounced me over to report the bug direct to Intel DRM, I haven’t found the time to do that yet…