Upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 - screen flickers

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' and any Xorg logs (i.e. Xorg.0.log & Xorg.0.log.old) located in '/var/log' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

Sorry, that info is no longer available...

I did not hear back for such a long time, I figured I was being blown off.

I have since downgraded to 10.04 to fix the problem on my system.

Sincerely,
Mike

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To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 666441] Re: Upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 - screen flickers

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/'
and any Xorg logs (i.e. Xorg.0.log & Xorg.0.log.old) located in
'/var/log' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in
advance.

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 - screen flickers
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Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
I was running fine on ubuntu 10.04 and decided to take the plunge and upgrade to ubuntu 10.10.

Ever since I have upgraded, I am getting a screen flicker every 6-7 seconds. This is MOST annoying.

I have tried installing the AMD proprietary video driver and using the default driver.

Both have the same problem:

mike@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for mike:
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: R520 [Radeon X1800]
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:46 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:e0100000-e010ffff ioport:2000(size=256) memory:e0120000-e013ffff
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: R520 [Radeon X1800] (Secondary)
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0.1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:e0110000-e011ffff
mike@ubuntu:~$

Can someone please help me?

If not, is there a way to go back to 10.04 without doing a complete re-install?

Thanks,
Mike

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Exact same problem here.

os: Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit
video card: ATI Radeon X1600 XT (RV530)

Very many people have this problem (so do I). Ubuntu 10.04 was fine, but 10.10 flashes the screen approx. every 10 seconds. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1595944 for examples of others having the problem.

I also have this problem. I could get around it by running a previous kernel from the grub list, but since updating today to the latest kernel I can't do this any more because it refuses to boot up the previous kernel (now 6 down the list).

It's very depressing that this is taking so long to fix.

ATI on AMD64, but running 32 bit system. lspci gives:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 12)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 [Radeon X1300]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 [Radeon X1300] (Secondary)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)

I hope someone gives this some attention soon.

This bug affects me as well. I am running an AMD 64 bit processor with a ATI Radeon 4670 card. If anyone needs any info from me just let me know.

i also have this problem, and from my reading, many others do too. it seems that it is affecting users with ATI video adapters. again, 10.04 works fine, but a fresh install of 10.10 is crippled by a screen flicker every few seconds. this is 32bit 10.10 on celeron 1.2gig with agp Radeon X1300

lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 11)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 11)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 11)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 11)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 11)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 11)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
01:0a.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
01:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
01:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
01:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 PRO [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series]
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV515 PRO [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] (Secondary)

one thing i did find, but didn't yet try was this:
http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1622639

in addition, if i try to change screen resolutions with the Monitors menu item, the monitor will reset repeatedly until the X server crashes. i don't know if this is related.

thanks in advance for any help

I am experiencing flicker whenever some transparency is added or removed on my monitors. For example when i unhide my dock or terminal application. If i keep Tilda (with compiz transparency applied) visible, no flicker what-so-ever happens. I have had the exact same behavior with xserver-xorg-video-radeon as with fglrx

Ubuntu 10.10 install (not upgraded)
AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor
Linux [computer-name] 2.6.35-23-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 11:55:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670]
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:45 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fdff0000-fdffffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:fdfc0000-fdfdffff

Actually, doing some further testing, i figured it only happens with Chromium maximized. I'm using Chromium with custom borders, that might have something to do with it. It looks like i've mistaken this bug for http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=19683

Same problem as above on fresh install of 10.10 32-bit. Whole screen flicker approx. every 8 seconds, regardless of application status, even on the login screen. Monitor is Samsung SyncMaster 763MB.

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporatio00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 03)
01:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
01:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600]
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600] (Secondary)
n MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
01:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 03)
01:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
01:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600]
02:00.1 Display controller:...

My laptop was fine when running Fedora 13, but since installing Ubuntu 10.10, the screen flickers intermittently, only for a fraction of a second at irregular intervals, on average every 5-10 seconds, gets very annoying after a while.

lspci output =

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 7914
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

Hi

I'm new to lauchpad, can anyone tell me what the process is for getting this bug escalated?

Looks like this is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/660829

Same problem here.
Are there any "final" solution(s)?

same problem with my pc.
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ │RAM 1GB DDR │ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600] │ TFT 17"
Ubuntu 10.10 32bit i386

problem started after upgrade from 10.04.
Thanks

Same here. Dell laptop E6410 64bit, 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:44 UTC 2011 x86_64, Intel integrated graphics controller.
Thanks.

Same Here. Got AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+
Screen flickers every 5 sec.

niklas@Sputnik1:~$ sudo lshw -C display
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV530 [Radeon X1600]
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=66 mingnt=8
       resources: irq:16 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:d0100000-d010ffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:d0120000-d013ffff
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: RV530 [Radeon X1600] (Secondary)
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0.1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=66 mingnt=8
       resources: memory:d0110000-d011ffff

The problem was solved today for me by the update that arrived. Thanks, whoever was responsible!

No change for me. Still flickering. @steven: I suppose you mean the kernel update (2.6.35-27), or did you get something I didn't?

I installed the kernel update and I still get the flickering.

I've solved this problem. Follow the steps that I mention here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/665233

I tried to follow your link, but the page 'is not found'?

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Milton
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:10 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 666441] Re: Upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 - screen flickers

I've solved this problem. Follow the steps that I mention here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-
ati/+bug/665233

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Title:
  Upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 - screen flickers

Status in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I was running fine on ubuntu 10.04 and decided to take the plunge and
  upgrade to ubuntu 10.10.

  Ever since I have upgraded, I am getting a screen flicker every 6-7
  seconds. This is MOST annoying.

  I have tried installing the AMD proprietary video driver and using the
  default driver.

  Both have the same problem:

  mike@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C display
  [sudo] password for mike:
    *-display:0
         description: VGA compatible controller
         product: R520 [Radeon X1800]
         vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
         physical id: 0
         bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
         version: 00
         width: 64 bits
         clock: 33MHz
         capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
         configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
         resources: irq:46 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:e0100000-e010ffff ioport:2000(size=256) memory:e0120000-e013ffff
    *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
         description: Display controller
         product: R520 [Radeon X1800] (Secondary)
         vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
         physical id: 0.1
         bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
         version: 00
         width: 64 bits
         clock: 33MHz
         capabilities: pm pciexpress bus_master cap_list
         configuration: latency=0
         resources: memory:e0110000-e011ffff
  mike@ubuntu:~$

  Can someone please help me?

  If not, is there a way to go back to 10.04 without doing a complete
  re-install?

  Thanks,
  Mike

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Just upgraded to 11.04 Beta 1 - still flickering.

This affects me too on an EeePC 1001P, running Ubuntu 10.10.
I notice that the screen changes brightness slightly after a flicker.

dan@1001P:~$ sudo lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
...

I tried turning off Compiz, but that didn't help. This is very erratic for me, the only pattern I can see is that if I leave the computer alone for a minute or so, it will definitely flicker and go dimmer when I hit a key or move the mouse, then maybe flicker again and regain it's usual brightness. I just turned off "Dim display when idle" in System -> Power Management, and it made the screen flicker and go darker! Very weird. I think I should consider using an older kernel, or maybe a development kernel.

mike disante, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg <replace-with-bug-number>