UPDATED DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OCCURENCE
One out of 15 boots results in no flickering. Need to remember to check Xorg log when that happens.
ORIGINAL POST
Hey guys, to start off, I started off the day yesterday by installing Ubuntu 12.04, completely wiping my HD (including 11.10 Installation that did not have these issues). Even during the installation, after selecting the timezone and keyboard layout, whenever the slides in the installation window changed, they would flicker white. After installation, on the login screen, for every letter that I typed in my password, the screen would flicker and then flicker multiple times after I pressed enter. The "Details" window showed my graphics as unknown, so I did:
This did not solve the issue neither with the flickering or the unknown graphics. Some research on askubuntu.com led me to the edgers drivers repository, so naturally, the next thing was:
Nada, no progress. Further researching the issue or anything similar led me to mesa-utils, installed, disappointment yet again.
Here come's the answer to your definitely obvious question by now: "Why on God's green earth is he posting this in the Kubuntu forums
"
To satisfy your curiosity, it's because I fell in love. During my desperation, I wanted to try other Ubuntu-based distributions, and this time, 32bit opposed to the 64bit I tried. After I installed Kubuntu, I was pleasantly shocked. Unity is ehhhh, there's a serious lack of customization (although a little better in 12.04) but KDE is so damn pretty and flexible, I need to find a decent Dock and I'm set. I am not planning to go back anytime soon.
Now here's how the problems translate into Kubuntu. No flickering during typing of password. After hitting enter, the screen flickers multiple times, and various times during use. I set my power options to turn off the display when on AC power instead of suspending it. After leaving my laptop for about 2 hours, upon opening the lid, the screen went bonkers, shifting roughly 50px up and left, and flickering white (not in conjunction) for about 30 seconds than it just stopped.
I checked the refresh rate, checked VSync for effects (which work sexy). Again, this problem did not exist in 11.10, what the hell changed?
My Laptop is a Dell Latitude E5500, which has a Intel 45 Express Chipset, with the Intel 4500MHD Graphics Acelerator.
- After logging in, during the splash screen screen flickers multiple times.
- AC Power Options for Lid Close action is set to turn display off. After opening lid closed for a prolonged period of time, moving the mouse or using keyboard results in flickering for roughly 30 seconds.
- Launching Windows application with Wine results in flickering while the application loads.
One out of 15 boots results in no flickering. Need to remember to check Xorg log when that happens.
ORIGINAL POST
Hey guys, to start off, I started off the day yesterday by installing Ubuntu 12.04, completely wiping my HD (including 11.10 Installation that did not have these issues). Even during the installation, after selecting the timezone and keyboard layout, whenever the slides in the installation window changed, they would flicker white. After installation, on the login screen, for every letter that I typed in my password, the screen would flicker and then flicker multiple times after I pressed enter. The "Details" window showed my graphics as unknown, so I did:
Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade //Just to be sure, returned 0 upgrades
Here come's the answer to your definitely obvious question by now: "Why on God's green earth is he posting this in the Kubuntu forums
"To satisfy your curiosity, it's because I fell in love. During my desperation, I wanted to try other Ubuntu-based distributions, and this time, 32bit opposed to the 64bit I tried. After I installed Kubuntu, I was pleasantly shocked. Unity is ehhhh, there's a serious lack of customization (although a little better in 12.04) but KDE is so damn pretty and flexible, I need to find a decent Dock and I'm set. I am not planning to go back anytime soon.
Now here's how the problems translate into Kubuntu. No flickering during typing of password. After hitting enter, the screen flickers multiple times, and various times during use. I set my power options to turn off the display when on AC power instead of suspending it. After leaving my laptop for about 2 hours, upon opening the lid, the screen went bonkers, shifting roughly 50px up and left, and flickering white (not in conjunction) for about 30 seconds than it just stopped.
I checked the refresh rate, checked VSync for effects (which work sexy). Again, this problem did not exist in 11.10, what the hell changed?
My Laptop is a Dell Latitude E5500, which has a Intel 45 Express Chipset, with the Intel 4500MHD Graphics Acelerator.
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