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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

Flickering screen

Bug #846566 reported by Vladimir Janowski on 2011-09-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #810093: The new (2.6.39+) samsung_laptop kernel module causes serious backlight flickering - makes the desktop unusable. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

The problem with the kernel or drivers for Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME on Samsung N128.
When changing screen brightness, it starts blinking

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.49-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sun Sep 11 00:40:59 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c05d]
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c05d]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. N128
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=ru_RU:en
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=53ff6ac5-eb6f-4a58-97e7-6d1c5376959d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 06IG.M022.20100111.JIP
dmi.board.name: N128
dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr06IG.M022.20100111.JIP:bd01/11/2010:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnN128:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnN128:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: N128
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Vladimir Janowski (waldemar.yan) wrote on 2011-09-10:

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UdevLog.txt Edit (242.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Xrandr.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (335 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (284 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (913 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (58.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

bugbot (bugbot) on 2011-09-11

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xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)

bugbot (bugbot) on 2011-09-11

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Vladimir Janowski (waldemar.yan) on 2011-10-07

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papukaija (papukaija) wrote on 2011-10-23:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 810093, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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