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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

lucid alpha 3.unr. On Acer 1810TZ.

EVERYTHING except netbook-launcher flashes white several times a second
(weird random-seeming blinking). The netbook-launcher displays
perfectly, as does the background. Windows, the top panel etc. all flash
insanely.

The blinking stops (after a few seconds) when accessing Ubuntu menu (to
log out, restart etc). It doesn't start again until a key is pressed.
Any key. Shift, ctrl, alphanum... anything.

The effect can be seen in the video below (same content, size about
1MB).

fanleagues.com/files/test.mpeg
or
fanleagues.com/files/test.flv

In attempting to report this bug, I established a wireless connection,
which apparently made the problem much worse. The flickering no made
keyboard input extremely slow and sometimes it would be completely
impossible to write anything. Fortunately, gnome-settings-daemon crashed
at one point (detailed in bug #532701 ), which caused the flickering to
stop and input to work again.

With the wireless connection active, the flickering couldn't be stopped
by accessing the ubuntu menu and xorg was pegged at 50% (100% of 1
core), sometimes more (multithreaded?).To complete this report, I needed
to kill gnome-settings-daemon. (ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-intel-video was
run while the flickering was present).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar  5 15:18:44 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.3)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 1810TZ
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu6
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname-netbook.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu8
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-3ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu6
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: v0.3115
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrv0.3115:bd08/14/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire1810TZ:pvrv0.3115:rvnAcer:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 1810TZ
dmi.product.version: v0.3115
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.32-14-generic

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid ubuntu-une

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massive flickering of everything but background and netbook-launcher menu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532727
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