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strange desktop flickering makes desktop unusable
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the fix was probably this update
"gnome-desktop (1:2.26.0-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low
* debian/patches/101_output_props_events_use_cheap_call.patch:
- libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c:
+ Additional gboolean argument for screen_update() static
function so that TRUE means that the
A recent set of package upgrades appears to have fixed this issue. I'm no
longer seeing it now.
agavi...@bambi:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-settings-daemon:
Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://i
I managed to get a backtrace on the second attempt. If you look at the
file attached, it has a failed attempt first, then a second attach, then
a backtrace.
When the screen started flickering, I killed GSD with signal 3, then
took the backtrace as suggested in the wiki.
Let me know if this is ok
Having realised that I should pass the --no-daemon --debug when using
gdb, here's another backtrace using those options.
I've run 'killall -3 gnome-settings-daemon' during the flickering (which
comes and goes) and taken a backtrace.
** Attachment added: "gdb-gnome-settings-daemon3.txt"
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Hi,
It seems a reliable way for me to prompt the flickering to start is to
unplug or replug the power cable. Whatever process goes on, at the
point the flickering happens, there's no output coming from the gsd
instance with debug:
gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon --debug
Attached is the full o
