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[saliheenm <saliheenm@xxxxxxxxx>]

ATI X1250 Flickering Bug for Jaunty

I am using HP6715B which have a ATI X1250 video card. Which I was using
Intrepid 8.10 AMD64 which worked fine with restricted drivers. Then I
tried Jaunty AMD64 as soon as it released which caused me a nightmare of
flickering. Installing gdesklets made my flicker unbearable. I tried all
the trip and trick in the world which caused me to reinstall Jaunty
several times. The fact is I love Jaunty which I don't want to give up.

After I followed many techniques of internet the out come was confusing
and exhausting. But all the knowledge which I gone through this painful
experience came up with pleasing simple steps worked for me.

This is how you do

Before everything
1.backup your data
2.make sure you connect internet through RJ45 cable. Because in case of GUI failure your wireless will not work. And would not be easy to fix the GUI.

Then,
3.Open the terminal window (Application → Accessories → Terminal)
4.Back up your xorg.conf file for future crisis
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
5.Edit xorg.conf file 
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Delete everything in between Section “Device” and EndSection
Section "Device" 
xxxxxxxxxx	“xxxxxxx” 
EndSection
	Add the line which look like as follows
		Section "Device" 
				Identifier	"radeonhd" 
		EndSection
6.Save the file and exit geditor
7.remove all existing ati driver. In terminal fire the following command.
sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-ati
exit the terminal window
8.Open Synaptic Package Manager and search “ati” and scroll and install the following package
xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd 1.2.4-2
9.Reboot the system

joy oh joy that how you do it

if your GUI crashed after this follow the steps below to restore:
log into text mode
1.restore your xorg.conf which we back up before
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak /etc/X11/xorg.conf
2.install the default ati drivers
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-ati

any commence or question contact me saliheenm@xxxxxxxxx

** Attachment added: "atix1250bug.odt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29435325/atix1250bug.odt

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[RS690M X1200] flickering after update on Jaunty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331522
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