Screen flicker approx. every 30 seconds
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Upower |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
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xserver-xorg-driver-ati |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
openSUSE |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
upower (Debian) |
Fix Released
|
Unknown
|
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upower (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Natty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Martin Pitt | ||
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Natty |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Booting from the live CD and subsequently after installing, the screen flickers to black and back every 30 seconds or so.
Using daily build of Natty (2011-03-02).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu9
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1280x1024 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
edid-base64: AP/////
Date: Wed Mar 2 19:11:15 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] [1002:7183] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0302]
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0303]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell DM061
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.4.0
dmi.board.name: 0WG864
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Dell DM061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu3
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: flicker |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in upower (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in upower: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
affects: | xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → upower (Ubuntu) |
Changed in upower (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in upower: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | suse |
I see this is a fresh install; is this a new system or have you had linux or other things installed on it previously? If so, did you notice the black blinks then too? Had you been running natty prior to this install, and did you see it then?