Kernel panic on Fedora 44 (kernel 7.0.14) with Intel UHD Graphics (i5-10210U)

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Laptop:
Dell Vostro 5590
Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (integrated)
Fedora 44 KDE Plasma (Wayland)
Kernel: 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64
BIOS: 1.24.0 (2023-08-10)

i got kernel panic 2 times basically yesterday and today morning
like yesterday also hpnd in morning when i was just using the screen started glicthing randomly and i forced shutdown my laptop and got kernel panic
i was getting nothing yesterday when i was trying to boot not even the dell logo
after trying diff diff things searching on internet watching yt videos and asking gpt
i left my laptop for 60 min and came back and my laptop booted normally again

same hapns today as i didnt shutdown laptop
got kernel panic and my laptop was showing dell logo but when i proceed to boot
kernel panic msg was displaying
so after 30 min it booted again

i have both logs saved as .txt file
i asked chatgpt
it saying

The kernel panic call trace consistently points to the DRM/i915 graphics subsystem, including functions such as:
drm_mode_config_cleanup()
drm_managed_release()
drm_release()
The logs also show the Intel i915 driver initializing for my Comet Lake integrated GPU before the panic.

so like if anyone can help
what is the issue and how can i solve it ?
i have logs but i cant find way of sharing it

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You could report to the intel engineers over on Intel-gfx Info Page

In the past they where very helpful. Not had dealing in recent times.

They will need the kernel panic from the logs you have and info in your hardware.

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In addition to Barry’s advice the i915 graphics driver is relatively stable - it’s been around a long time and is very heavily used - it’ll be running on hundreds of millions of laptops as I type.

It does have some bugs though, as does all software and it being re-written as the Xe driver.

You may be able to try switching to Xe drivers, which are newer and maybe not as stable (or better in your case - won’t know without trying).

However, if this laptop has been fine for a long time and only just started throwing panics, it’s possibly a kernel regression. Maybe fall back to the previous kernel until the next release, as given the sheer number of users using the i915 drivers, if it IS a kernel issue it will get fixed pretty quickly.

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i am thinking same thing like my laptop used to run perfect never had problem for a year with it
maybe its kernel regressoon
i will send them the logs i have ig and my device specification
thx for replying

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ohh thx i will
thx for the reply

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first of all: I’ve use Xe on some Intel boxes here without problems, but lastly I’ve learned:

from kernel config option

Intel Xe2 Graphics (DRM_XE)
Driver for Intel Xe2 series GPUs and later. Experimental support
for Xe series is also available.

Xe2 not Xe !

if already i915 causes trouble an experimental Xe support might not help

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Yep - that’s why I caveated my response by stating they may not be as stable as the stuff that’s already causing an issue.

Given the amount of machines using i915 quite happily without any issues, I doubt this particular laptop is special in any way, and I’d be surprised if the kernel panic was actually down to these drivers. I would expect i915 to be a co-victim of whatever is causing this crash.