Turning on "Force full screen redraws (buffer swap) on repaint" resolved
the flickering - yay! I attached a screen shot of the setting.
** Attachment added: "workaround setting for flickering"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1314367/+attachment/4185320/+files/CompizConfigSe
I had the exact same problem as Chauncellor. I uninstalled wine using
synaptic, then installed 1.2, which solved this issue and left my few
wine apps intact and working fine.
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package wine1.2 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: conflict with
installed version
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