Ubuntu Bionic: HD Graphics 520 i915 configuration

/etc/default/grub

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="noplymouth intel_pstate=skylake_hwp i915.enable_rc6=1 i915.enable_guc=3 i915.enable_fbc=1 i915.semaphores=1 nvme_load=YES intel_pstate=enable i915.enable_psr=1 i915.disable_power_well=0"
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="elevator=deadline"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
# GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x16
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1900x1080x8

xorg.conf

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
Driver      "intel"
Option      "DRI" "3"
Option      "HWRotation" "true"
Option      "Tiling" "true"
Option      "SwapBuffersWait" "0"
Option      "ReprobeOutputs" "true"
Option      "VSync" "true"
# Option      "TearFree" "true"
# Option      "AccelMode" "sna"
EndSection
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection

List supported kernel mod options

modinfo -p i915

To check which options are currently enabled, run

systool -m i915 -av

If editing /etc/modprobe.d/* don’t forget to udpate ramdisk! Or use kernel params in GRUB.

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