initial resolution flickers xserver-xorg-video-ati

[kelargo]

The video display flickers at the initial video resolution. 1900x1200. In between flickers, I select the display options and the resolution goes lower. The flickering problem goes away.

After adjusting the resolution, the Kubuntu menu bar at the bottom changes in length and only extends about 3/4 of the bottom display. When the display is flickering, the menu bar displayed across the entire bottom of the screen.

After making the adjustment to the video resolution, (lowered it), and the system reboots, the setting adjustments are forgotten and the process of readjusting the display has to be re-done.

let me know what other info I can provide.

lspci -vvnn

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics [1002:9610]
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:d000]
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
        Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 1: I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at fdee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Region 5: Memory at fdd00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

# apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-ati:
  Installed: 1:6.9.0+git20080826.a3cc1d7a-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:6.9.0+git20080826.a3cc1d7a-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:6.9.0+git20080826.a3cc1d7a-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Please include your Xorg.0.log when reporting bugs against X. Or just use 'report-bug xserver-xorg-video-ati' and that'll pull in the necessary files.

[kelargo (kelong-2000)]

I'm not sure how to run report-bug... I installed it with sudo apt-get install reportbug but it does not display anything.

below is Xorg.0.log

thanks!

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Sorry, I meant to say 'ubuntu-bug'.

It looks like something in KDE is polling xrandr routines, causing the blinking. We saw something similar in GNOME for a while, before the gtk libs got fixed to not do it.