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[Ronald McCollam <ronald.mccollam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

After dist-upgrading today on , X flickers and is unusable any time any
object on the screen is painted.  Opening the main menu from the panel
causes the entire screen to flicker for around a second.  Switching
desktops or opening/closing/moving a window causes similar behavior.

The flickering appears to be parts of the screen being briefly updated
in the wrong place; it's much like a jerky shift of halves or quarters
of the screen to the wrong position very briefly.

Deactivating compiz does not seem to change this behavior.

The graphics controller is:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

I've attached a video of an example of the effect captured from my
phone.  (I apologize for the poor quality of the video, but it gives a
sample of the effect.)  In the video I have opened the main menu and
then switched to another virtual desktop.  However the same effect
happens during nearly any screen update -- every character I type right
now in this bug report is causing a brief nauseating flash.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 12 08:30:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. MXC061
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=4e88e4b9-d7a1-4e91-8105-ecfbf01429a9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.12-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0MG532
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd04/02/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMXC061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0MG532:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MXC061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-5-generic

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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X flickers wildly whenever anything on-screen updates
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412492
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