I get the same thing when installing via PXE-boot on Dell Optiplex 960s.
lspci says these machines have "Display controller: Intel Corporation 4
Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)".
I do *not* get this awful flicker on a bunch of other hardware. (Also,
I did not get it when in
In addition to Ricardo's point, I don't want anybody with physical or
root access to my *home* machine to have my *work* chat account
passwords, and vice-versa. Since (I hear) Empathy is becoming the
default chat client in Karmic, I think it's important to address this
bug before Karmic goes out,