8086:2a42 screen flickers in the bottom half of the screen at random
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Screen flickers at the bottom of the screen at random. Never see it happen on the login screen and happens sometimes when i am using amsn.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 9 15:30:37 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: LENOVO 4063EC6
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu12
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_SG.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6FET82WW (3.12 )
dmi.board.name: 4063EC6
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 4063EC6
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucidarchitecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic
[lspci]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2114]
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: flicker |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- screen flickers in the bottom half of the screen at random + 8086:2a42 screen flickers in the bottom half of the screen at random |
This happens to me using Lucid on an Intel 4500m. The screen flickers and briefly displays lines at rare but random times. Generally only occurs on the bottom left or the entire right side. It might be a Compositing related issue, I will try running sans Compiz and confirm.