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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #538648
  2. Comment #114

Comment 114 for bug 538648

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Rohit (jug-ece) wrote : Re: [Intel GM45] Irregular sync flashes on 8086:2a42 (Needs i915.powersave quirk)

Hi,

I tried installing Andy's kernels but the results are not very good. While I get about 2-3 flickers/day normally, the rate gets higher when I try to run a heavy application. If at the same time, I do the powersave thing, the flickers seem to go away.

Can anybody tell me if I am going to run into some loss in terms of hardware (like battery and CPU life time) if I do the powersave thing ? I don't mind using this workaround for the time being, if it doesnt cost me anything !!

I love my computer more than I hate the flickers though!!

Let me know if you need to have any information about my system.