Binary package hint: xorg
Fresh install Ubuntu 10.04LTS Lucid Lynx 64bit Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop
Screen flickers every couple of minutes for like a second sometimes longer, bottom half mostly .(it crashed the computer once)
I started a blog and found there were others with the same problem http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1473580
Cant find a solution to this problem.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 11 13:18:30 2010
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-21-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-ose-guest, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1545
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=1aff2380-116e-49c4-8561-6c4e8987bea2 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 06/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0G848F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd06/03/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G848F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic
Ive found a solution.
just open ubuntu normally and open terminal
write:
sudo edit /etc/default/grub
then find this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX ""
then make it like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX " i915.powersave=0 "
then save , then back to terminal and write:
sudo update-grub;