Comment 4 for bug 1896378

how would I know which package is effected; and what is 'ubuntubug" ?

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 8:20 AM Chris Guiver <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Possibly related, or duplicate of
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1891790
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> Title:
> xubuntu kernel causes rectangular screen fluttering
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I had the same problem, exactly the same look with the latest kernel,
> of Xubuntu18 and also I tried UbuntuBudgie18, and both did the same.
> On my laptop (NC8000) the screen looks like someone has disrupted the
> pixels with little rectangular stuff. I had to go back a kernel via
> Grub and advanced options before I could read properly anything on the
> screen. And yes, I have just two 32 bit computers, although I also
> have 64 bit. But both 32 bit ones with the newest kernels for xubuntu
> or Budgie mess up the screen, and the kernel before that doesn't. I
> imagine that’s the case with all of the newer kernels with Kubuntu,
> Lubuntu etc..
>
> And the kernels are 5.0.037 which works. And 5.0.047 which has the
> distortion shared.
>
> here is the lshw -c video listings for the laptop (32 bit)
>
> *-display
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: RV350/M10 / RV360/M11 [Mobility Radeon 9600 (PRO) / 9700]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
> rom
> configuration: driver=radeon latency=64 mingnt=8
> resources: irq:10 memory:98000000-9fffffff ioport:2000(size=256)
> memory:90400000-9040ffff memory:c0000-dffff
>
> And here for the old Dell 32 bit desktop optiplex gx260
>
>
> *-display
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: RV200 [Radeon 7500/7500 LE]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
> rom
> configuration: driver=radeon latency=64 mingnt=8
> resources: irq:16 memory:f0000000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=256)
> memory:ff8f0000-ff8fffff memory:c0000-dffff
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