When something flickers it flashes repeatedly. Flickering in the Ask Ubuntu forums is generally referring to screen issues, or to describe an LED, such as,"The hard disk access light flickered."
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Flickering while searching [closed]
I just installed 13.04 and while searching something in the dash, i noticed that the background, (actually the top left part of the background) was flickering. is this intentional? and how can you ...
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Dual Monitor, screen flashing problem - Ubuntu 13.04
I've just upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 and now my screen flickers an awful lot when it is set up to use both monitors. I know for sure it isn't a hardware problem: when I set it to use only 1 monitor, ...
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Why is my screen flickering while watching some flash videos?
I'm having an issue where on many flash videos (AMCTV's sites videos allow me to reproduce this consistantly) flicker. The bottom half of my laptop or vga monitor's screen will flash white or turn ...
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Screen flickers with Nvidia GPU
When I install the Nvidia driver (have tried both current and post-release current) the monitor flickers every time I open a new window/program such as Firefox. I don't know what else I'm going to do?
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Applications in Unity launcher oscillating between maximized and minimized [closed]
I'm having a strange problem here. When I click the minimize button of some applications, it disappears from the screen, as normal, but Unity becomes very slow and the little arrow at the right side ...
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Screen flickers when using touchpad Dell Vostro 3550
I've searched here and see that a few people have problems with screen flickering. But I have not found a solution to my problem. The issue only occurs when I use my touchpad/laptop keyboard, and it ...
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Fixing the Nvidia Graphics Screen Flicker Issue
I know there are a lot of questions about this -- I've read at least 100 questions about it but still can't find a solution to the Nvidia screen flicker issue. I've had this issue since 11.10. The ...
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System is responding too slow after installing Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu12.10
My monitor was flickering after booting Ubuntu 12.10. The problem was increasing if I start moving my mouse and when it is kept idle, the flickering used to stop.
My system has an AMD 32 bit ...
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ASUS VE278H Monitor Flicker
I have a very annoying flicker on my new ASUS VE278H LCD monitor. It only occurs when I am using FireFox browser. I also run Windows 7 Professional with no issues. The flicker consists of horizontal ...
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Display flickering when minimizing/maximizing
I am having some weird display flickering when using window controls like maximizing/minimizing,scrolling down... I have tried changing refresh rate and screen resolution but that didnt help. I ...
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Flickering monitor connected by VGA to new System76
Setup: New System76 Lemur laptop running Ubuntu Unity 12.10 is connected via VGA cable to a new dell Ultrasharp u2312hm 23-inch monitor.
Symptom: The Dell monitor has an annoying flicker, like ...
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Need help Video card issue
how can i fix the problem with the image?
If you look at the top-left of:
Text and some images starts flickering.
I have 2 Nvidia GTX460. Drivers are "unknown" according to "About this ...
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Flickering on youtube
All the videos on youtube are flickering on my Ubuntu.
See screenshot: http://imgur.com/51dAk
This happens with HTML5 enabled and disabled.
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Thinkpad X61s.
This only ...
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Mouse Flickering/Disappearing
When I move my mouse around in Ubuntu 12.10 it flickers. When it's not moving it disappears.
Any ideas?
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Macbook Pro 7.1
Nvidia 320m
Ubuntu 12.10
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Screen Ficker after installing Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell T7600
I have a Dell T7600 with a Q5000, V2 graphics card. When I installed Ubuntu 12.04 the screen begins to flicker every few seconds. Any suggestions??
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Booting screen flicker after clean install of 12.10 on Dell Inspiron 1525
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell inspiron 1525 which was previously running on windows 7. During booting, immediately after the purple screen, my screen flickers like crazy (kind of switching ...
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Screen flicker on mouse scroll
When i log in, everything works well for 5 minutes, then there is blank screen for 2 sec and again the display comes on the monitor but after that, the screen starts flickering on mouse scroll and the ...
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cursor jumps when moving (and some other times)
i updated to 12.10 beta 1 when it was released (coming from 12.04 fresh install, i skipped the alpha releases of 12.10)
since then i've done all the usual updates but ive had an issue with my cursor ...
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Grub menu screen flicker
I am having a strange problem on my Dell Inspiron 1505 laptop. When starting the computer the grub screen flickers or every few seconds. I don't know if it would be called a flicker. The screen ...
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My screen flickers when Flash/HTML5 content is onscreen
I'm having trouble pinpointing exactly what the problem is - I'd noticed some flickering since installing Ubuntu 12.04 recently on my laptop when visiting webpages that have Flash based (or at least ...
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Screen scrambles when logon screen shows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Strange Glitched Screen on Startup
I run dual boot win7/Ubuntu 12.04 and my annoying problem is that every time the logon screen shows, my screen gets scrambled. This is ...
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Mouse pointer flicker or disappear when moving it with left mouse button down
Acer Aspire One D270 (Intel Atom N2600, Intel NM10 Express, Intel GMA 3600).
Xubuntu 12.04 (also reproduced on Ubuntu 12.04).
Fresh install with latest updates.
Problem appears when moving mouse ...
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Brightness problem on a Samsung 530U3B
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Samsung 530U3B laptop. Screen blinks on adjusting the brightness and CPU load grow up to 100%.
Video device: Intel(R) Extreme Graphics 3 Controller.
Seems like it ...
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Screen brightness flickering on a Samsung laptop
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 via the wubi installer. I have Windows 7 installed as my main os. Now when i turn on my computer and go into Ubuntu my screen brightness is on max. When i then turn ...
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HP EliteBook 8440p screen flickers after blank screen (nvidia)
When my screen turns blank after 10 min or after locking the screen and I begin using the laptop again, the screen is flickering.
It looks as if every second line of pixels is blinking and the ...
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12.04 Screen goes OFF and ON and hangs
i have installed ubuntu 12.04. while i'm using the screen goes off, comes back on (during which time, the system is not responsive) and this process repeats one more time in immediate succession after ...
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Screen flickering / scrambling on an Asus UL30A
Recently my Laptop screen started to flicker.
You can view the phenomena here: YouTube
Sometimes the screen is totally scrambled, but most of the time it starts with the Title bar only.
It happens ...
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Screen instability & offset in kernel 3.0.0-15-generic and later (on Asus ep121 [slate]) [closed]
When running kernel 3.0.0-15-generic, the screen flickers constantly and is rotated right about 1cm. By "rotated right" I mean contents moved right and lost edge appears on left (as for rotate ...
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Ubuntu Display repeats itself
I blew away Windows XP using the Ubuntu disk today on my Dell Inspiron 1100. After Linux installed and I rebooted, the display of Ubuntu seems to repeat itself. So I have two login screens, and each ...
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Black screen on boot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I've just installed Ubuntu and i can't access the desktop because the screen sometimes flickers ...
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screen brightness flickering
After installing ubuntu 11.10 screen started flickering between two brightness levels i gues its not hardware issue because everything worked perfectly fine on windows which i have been using before ...
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Annoying Screen Flickers on MSI U120
My screen brightness changes on my MSI U120 when I log in. I can fix this by switching workspaces, and the screen will stay at a constant brightness. Changing the brightness using the function keys ...
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screen flickers after waking from blank screen
Every time I lock my screen and then unlock it again I get a really annoying screen flicker that stays until the next reboot.
It's not like a graphic glitch it's like the screen is refreshing at a ...
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Screen flickers on a Lenovo y460 laptop
I have a lenovo y460 laptop with hybrid graphics. it's a nvidia optimus card and a integrated intel graphics.
I'm only using the integrated chip and i don't want use the nvidia card
the problem ...
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GNOME Shell flickering with ATI proprietary drivers
Works fine with opensource drivers, but with catalyst flickers everytime you press on activities or the lower right bar.
I have 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon ...
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Full screen flash flickers when changing volume [closed]
When I watch a flash video full screen the video will flicker/flash when I change the volume. Any ideas how to fix this in 10.04?
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Why does my screen flicker whenever I'm in a 3D program? [closed]
I just built a new computer and installed 11.04 on it. All was perfect for a few days, then this morning, SuperTuxCart and Minecraft (both 3d and the only 3d programs on this machine, coincidence?) ...
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Kubuntu corrupt screen after lid close/screensaver
I've seen a few other Q&As around this, but nothing that is exactly what I'm experiencing.
I have a new Lenovo X220 which I'm running the latest Kubuntu on. If I close the lid when I open it I ...
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Flickering with experimental driver on a Geforce 8200M [duplicate]
I've just installed Natty in a laptop with a non-working back-light, so I have to use an external monitor in order to see anything. The problem is that the two nVidia proprietary drivers available ...
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Screen, windows, and menus are flickering horribly
I just installed 11.04 (with updates/ubuntu extras installed).
I am using a Dell Dimension 3000, and it is apparently not capable of running Unity.
There was no flickering during the install, but ...
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WUBI boot error [closed]
I installed wubi netbook edition a week back from win xp service pack 2
When I boot into Ubuntu the screen flickers and it reboots.
Now I don't have Windows anymore on my notebook asus L3800.
It ...
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What exactly is --no-daemon function in Gnome-power-manager
I have problem with monitor flickering and here i found that possible solution is to run gnome-power-manager like this:
gnome-power-manager --no-daemon
For some people this fixed the issues. I am ...
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Monitor blinking
I have Ubuntu 10.04, my laptop is ASUS k50ij, intel duo t3000, 2gb ram, 320 HDD, intel gma 4500M video card.
My problem is that a couple days ago my monitor had start blinking for a few seconds. Then ...
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Windowed SDL apps are all flickering with a SiS graphics card
So when I'm using an SDL app like Wormux, the screen flickers like the app was in fullscreen to the actual desktop with the SDL window. This doesn't occur on my other PCs, which use Intel Extreme 845G ...
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Stopping the menu icon flicker
Every time I click on the application or system menus, I notice that no icons show up for a second, then they page in. Is there some way to explicitly tell Ubuntu to cache this? My SuSE (GNOME) ...
