i am having this problem... I can run a ubuntu-bug when I get home..
here is the info I have now. display problem 16 petra x86_64 - Radeon HD 8450G i just bought a lenovo thinkpad edge. installed Linux Mint 16 Petra . my display is making strange lines and blinking .. i assume i have a driver issue?? the card is a VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8450G] ThinkPad-Edge-E545 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ThinkPad-Edge-E545 ~ $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8450G] 00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port 00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09) 00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09) 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40) 00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) 00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) 00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11) 00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11) 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 16) 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11) 00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4 00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07) 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) lsmod Module Size Used by bnep 19564 2 rfcomm 69070 0 parport_pc 32701 0 ppdev 17671 0 bluetooth 371874 10 bnep,rfcomm joydev 17377 0 arc4 12608 2 rtl8188ee 89614 0 rtl_pci 26641 1 rtl8188ee rtlwifi 63229 2 rtl_pci,rtl8188ee mac80211 596969 3 rtl_pci,rtlwifi,rtl8188ee kvm_amd 59958 0 kvm 431315 1 kvm_amd cfg80211 479757 2 mac80211,rtlwifi snd_hda_codec_conexant 56945 1 psmouse 97626 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 41276 1 thinkpad_acpi 80701 0 serio_raw 13413 0 snd_hda_intel 48171 5 dm_multipath 22843 0 scsi_dh 14882 1 dm_multipath snd_hda_codec 188738 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel uvcvideo 80885 0 microcode 23518 0 i2c_piix4 22106 0 nvram 14362 1 thinkpad_acpi videobuf2_vmalloc 13216 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 13362 1 videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_core 40469 1 uvcvideo videodev 133390 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi 30095 1 snd_seq_midi snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec snd_seq 61560 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi snd_pcm 102033 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel rtsx_pci_ms 18151 0 snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel k10temp 13126 0 memstick 16760 1 rtsx_pci_ms snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi snd_timer 29433 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd 69141 22 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi soundcore 12680 1 snd mac_hid 13205 0 binfmt_misc 17468 1 lp 17759 0 parport 42299 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc ext2 72832 1 dm_crypt 22728 2 dm_mirror 22056 0 dm_region_hash 20784 1 dm_mirror dm_log 18411 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror rtsx_pci_sdmmc 23527 0 crct10dif_pclmul 14289 0 crc32_pclmul 13113 0 ghash_clmulni_intel 13259 0 aesni_intel 55624 444 radeon 1402449 3 aes_x86_64 17131 1 aesni_intel lrw 13257 1 aesni_intel gf128mul 14951 1 lrw glue_helper 13990 1 aesni_intel ablk_helper 13597 1 aesni_intel cryptd 20329 223 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 radeon ttm 83995 1 radeon drm_kms_helper 52651 1 radeon drm 296739 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon r8169 67341 0 ohci_pci 13561 0 mii 13934 1 r8169 ahci 25819 2 libahci 31898 1 ahci rtsx_pci 45546 2 rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc wmi 19070 0 video 19318 0 lshw -c display *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Richland [Radeon HD 8450G] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=radeon latency=0 resources: irq:49 memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0300000-f033ffff here is a video of what my display is doing. https://www.dropbox.com/s/cukff4yk8yu6068/card.mp4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249468 Title: Screen Flickering and display problems Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: On doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10 on a system which previously had 12.04, using a USB stick, I booted my HP ProBook 445 laptop (AMD A6-5350 chip with Radeon HD Graphics) to find that some launcher icons were flashing on and off, and the screen generally seemed to be flickering, with the icons in the system tray and the launcher blinking. The system itself was working fast, but there seemed to be something wrong with the display. A couple of minutes after it booted completely, the Update Manager started up, but its windows were flickering, and it was difficult to read text written inside the window. After it completed updating, i rebooted the laptop, and things seemed to flickering less than earlier. So i thought i'd open a simple application, like Files, and see if the display was still awry. It still was. I could see occassional streaks and dark lines across the screen, and the display seemed to have some serious internal error. A long press of the Super Key opens the Unity help window, as we know, and when i long-pressed the Super Key, the screen starting behaving weird, with text and icons disappearing and reappearing randomly across the screen. It definitely wasn't fun to see, and it definitely didn't seem like everything was fine. It was just not what one would expect off a fresh install of the latest Ubuntu OS. I cannot attach screenshots, because whenever i try to take screenshots of a weird looking screen, the screenshot is either never taken, or if taken, everything looks perfect in the picture. The result for apt-cache policy xorg is xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 Candidate: 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 Version table: *** 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 0 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Sat Nov 9 00:05:34 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8450G] [1002:9995] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1950] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-08 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 445 G1 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic root=UUID=731cac08-a53d-4405-9318-1681ff7bbda2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/05/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68CPE Ver. F.21 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1950 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 91.0B dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CPEVer.F.21:bd09/05/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook445G1:pvrA2018CD200:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1950:rvrKBCVersion91.0B:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 445 G1 dmi.product.version: A2018CD200 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Sat Nov 9 00:01:39 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1249468/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
