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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I have a Lenovo X200 laptop, and I run Unity 3D. Every so often, since
oneiric, my screen jitters. That is, it seems to jump up and down like
it has a nervous twitch. I can't reproduce it exactly, but it seems more
likely to happen when my system is under load.

I've monitored .xsession-errors when the twitch happens, and nothing is
dumped there. I've also checked /var/crash/, but none of the crashes
there have times that match the twitch.

Chris Halse Rogers suggested trying, "echo 0 >
/sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll", but that doesn't seem to
correct the problem.

In addition, unity_support_test crashed while filing this bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
 
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,mousepoll,resize,gnomecompat,place,wall,vpswitch,move,regex,snap,session,animation,expo,workarounds,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Wed Sep 14 09:31:23 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-26 11:37:40.528783
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GlAlternative: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2010-03-20 18:53 /etc/alternatives/gl_conf -> /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
MachineType: LENOVO 7454A12
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=66c83d9d-bb68-4f51-995c-63e9b4ee025f ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11:
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-26 (49 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/30/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6DET28WW (1.05 )
dmi.board.name: 7454A12
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6DET28WW(1.05):bd07/30/2008:svnLENOVO:pn7454A12:pvrThinkPadX200:rvnLENOVO:rn7454A12:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 7454A12
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X200
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr2803-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu20
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11.0+git20110128.2a18d195-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11.0+git20110128.2a18d195-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 oneiric regression running-unity ubuntu

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