My video flickers in all apllications relating to video
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: totem
I have Ubuntu 7.10 with the Studio theme installed.
My video card is an ATI Radeon X1550 with 256 Mb.
At first I made an attempt of manually installing my video card in Ubuntu but after several re-installations I had to resort to the Envy way of installing my video card as I was not able to get through all the setup steps in the terminal. A lot of times when I entered the commands which were explained in various forums I received error messages so I decided to give Envy a try instead.
The result of this is that compiz fusion is working and all effects work well. Also I have the ATI control panel installed on my system which gives the correct output. Also the restricted drivers are installed.
However, I have one problem and that is that video is not working well in any application. Even the screen saver flickers.
My question is: Has this to do with a missing codec or does my card need additional configuration in Ubuntu?
I have read previous comments on Envy and all are about de-installing this and manually configuring the video card.
If this has to be done then could you please provide me with a clear step-by-step guide how to do this, keeping in mind that I am new to Linux in general but very willing and open to learn more about this potentially fantastic Operating System?
At the moment I am still dual booting with Windows XP but find that I am less and less inclined to use this.
Thank you for your support in advance.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 6 17:54:42 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: totem file://
ProcCwd: /home/henk
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux henk-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
| Henk Hijmans (henk-hijmans) wrote | #1 |
| Stefano Maioli (smaioli) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Stefano Maioli (smaioli) wrote | #3 |
Thanks for reporting this issue.
Does the problem affect all applications that display 3d graphics?
Please try turning compiz (desktop effects) off. Does it fix the problem?