Screen Flickering in Unity

Bug #1042807 reported by snimmins
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch) Release: 12.10
apt-cache policy pkgname: N: Unable to locate package pkgname

After latest update, screen flickers constantly in Unity.
Desktop background, browsers, windows, folders and files go blank and disappear, then return on mouse move or click.

In gnome (classic) the screen only flickers with Unity plugin - On.
Tried disabling all animations in Compiz effects to no avail.
Reset Unity and Compiz to no avail...

It's giving me a headache so forced to use gnome until bug is rectified.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 28 18:05:44 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-08-18 12:22:20,265 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8340]
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8340]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1005HA
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-11-generic root=UUID=738439c4-867d-43a3-ae41-2cda3000884d ro quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-18 (10 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1102
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1005HA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1102:bd10/16/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1005HA
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.905-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

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snimmins (snimmins) wrote :

the duplicate status could be wrong. then again...

i don't see the wallpaper after i click or press something for more than a split second.
when i said: "then return on mouse move or click.", i didn't mean return permanently.
they still keep disappearing after moving the mouse or clicking again.

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snimmins (snimmins) wrote :

anyway, it's really nice to be back to good 'ol gnome (classic) :)
the cube's working again and it's pretty much just like it used to be!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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snimmins (snimmins) wrote :

Unity seems to be back with latest update :D

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snimmins (snimmins) wrote :

but i'm still getting duplicate Chromium icons in the Unity panel and I've now lost Compiz "Extra" animations.

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