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Re: UL30vt and screen flickering/blinking lines

 

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 16:38 -0700, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> Works for me when I add that parameter at boot time, but I don't know 
> how to permanently add it. The answer used to be menu.lst. But in 9.10 
> and later, where does it go? Somewhere in /etc/grub.d, I suppose?

It has always been /boot/grub/menu.lst :)

> 
> I'm using 9.10 on ul80vt, with kernel 2.6.33-020633-generic.
> 
> Appreciate any suggestions...
> 
> Tero Mononen wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Kernel parameter i915.powersave=0 in grub fixes this issue and I'm very 
> > pleased by that.
> > 
> > 
> > Tero Mononen
> > 
> > On 04/13/2010 05:42 PM, Ralf Barth wrote:
> >> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:32:54 -0400
> >> Michael Hess<mhess@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >>> Can others confirm that it's definitely a kernel problem?  I'm trying
> >>> to decide if I should exchange the laptop for another.
> >>>      
> >> Definitely a kernel problem. You could easily downgrade to 2.6.31 and
> >> notice the flickering is gone. It's due to new DRM kernel code since
> >> 2.6.32 and still present in .34 RCs
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ralf.
> >>
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