Updated Intel display driver causing errors when booting

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Published on 2014-08-05T18:51:01Z Indexed on 2014/08/21 10:30 UTC
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I upgraded to to Graphics Installer 1.0.6 on my Ubuntu 14.04 and installed the drivers using the Intel Graphics Installer. The laptop is Intel Ivybridge powered with Intel HD graphics. It Optimus but I have disabled the Nvidia card in bios. The Intel Graphics Installer installs the package i915-3.15-3.13-dkms.deb which I assume is the updated driver. It causes a bunch of error messages when I boot. Here are the relevant errors from dmesg when I boot:

[ 7.206151] drm: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel

[ 7.208045] drm: module has bad taint, not creating trace events

[ 7.336470] fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver

[ 7.393854] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013)

[ 7.393855] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.

[ 7.393921] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem

[ 7.505798] [drm] GMBUS [i915 gmbus dpb] timed out, falling back to bit banging on pin 5

[ 7.507233] init: Failed to obtain startpar-bridge instance: Unknown parameter: INSTANCE

[ 7.944183] [drm:cpt_serr_int_handler] ERROR PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun

[ 8.368479] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device

[ 8.368480] i915 0000:00:02.0: registered panic notifier

[ 8.818416] [drm] Enabling RC6 states: RC6 on, RC6p on, RC6pp off

What could the problem be and will it affect performance? I tried to remove the package and the errors went away but I'm then running and older driver I assume?

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