Comment 15 for bug 1819023

Upon doing the first command you suggested, after a reboot, the PC screen
turned on and off a few times and now the screen is just black. I'm
force-rebooting the PC now and seeing if I'll regain the image on my screen.

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 10:00 PM Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden>
wrote:

> That's good news.
>
> Now please try these while the image is open:
>
> xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --set "dithering mode" "off"
>
> or
>
> xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --set "dithering mode" "static 2x2"
>
> and change 'DVI-I-1' if you are using a different connector now.
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819023
>
> Title:
> [nouveau] Scrolling screen flicker, especially on default Ubuntu lock
> screen
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> My screen is experiencing a weird "scrolling" flicker, especially
> while displaying blue, indigo, and violet hues/colors, such as on the
> default Ubuntu 18.10 (x64 Desktop) lock screen. The screen flicker
> scrolls up and down, with the brightest part of the flicker being
> towards the top, with a gradient that fades back to the original color
> near the bottom.
>
> Problem occurs on any one monitor on any one video output protocol
> (DVI-D, HDMI, and VGA).
>
>
> I will upload an illustration or render as soon as possible for better
> explanation.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
> Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17-generic 4.18.20
> Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
> Architecture: amd64
> BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
> CompositorRunning: None
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Thu Mar 7 10:39:50 2019
> DistUpgraded: 2018-10-19 10:50:54,557 ERROR got error from
> PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to
> execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or
> directory) (8))
> DistroCodename: cosmic
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
> GraphicsCard:
> NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 440] [10de:0de0] (rev a1) (prog-if
> 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 440] [10de:0828]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-17 (202 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> MachineType: BIOSTAR Group A880G+
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-16-generic
> root=UUID=a967adb1-1600-455b-8704-e2bf5de5081d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
> SourcePackage: xorg
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-19 (139 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2011
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 080016
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: A880G+
> dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080016:bd09/21/2011:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA880G+:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA880G+:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr:
> dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.product.name: A880G+
> dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> version.compiz: compiz N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.95-1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.2.2-0ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.2.2-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.1-3ubuntu2.1
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.1.0-1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-3
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