FGLRX update causes flickering

[Christopher]

In addition, there is a black band under the top menu that is about the size of the menu. The system is virtually unusable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: fglrx 2:8.960-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,resize,place,regex,mousepoll,grid,session,gnomecompat,imgpng,move,snap,vpswitch,wall,animation,workarounds,fade,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sun Mar 25 08:16:56 2012
DistUpgraded: 2011-12-01 14:07:00,536 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 4311
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=935151a7-3e66-4281-b03c-3e5543b35bbb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-01 (114 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 36CN19WW(V2.05)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Guam
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr36CN19WW(V2.05):bd09/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4311:pvrIdeaPadZ565:rvnLENOVO:rnGuam:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: 4311
dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z565
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words are in a video?

Here's one of my flickering desktop.

[Robert Hooker (sarvatt)]

This looks like it could very well be a symptom of https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/963093 in the unity update

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

I did the 'unity --reset' command and my display is back to normal.