correction: laptop is toshiba satelite A215-S4697 AMD Turion x2 1024MB SDRAM
further: 1. installed mint 17.1: same results - flickers on live dvd as well as installed 2. re-installed (k)ubuntu 14.04: systems did not flicker 3. updated (k)ubuntu 14.04 to (k)ubuntu 14.04.1: systems returned to flicker 4. 14.04 uses kernel 13.0.24; and 14.04.1 uses kernel 13.0.43 solutions: 1. ask ubuntu to correct in future kernels, or 2. send me a solution for future use of distros using kernel 13.0.43, so that i can fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1405277 Title: screen flicker in ubuntu 14.04.1 and derivatives Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1. my screen flickers on all ubuntu 14.04.1 distro versions, linux mint 17.1 'cinamon', lxle 64 bit, guadalinex v9 32 bit, etc. 2. it flickers on the mint 17.1 'cinamon' installation disk - but it is stable on mint 17.0 'mate' installed 3. i can cure it by accesing the 'recovery section' of the 'multi- boot' system: but it is NOT 'persistent' 4. how can i fix this, using the 'cli': to make the fix 'permanent' the laptop is an older 'toshiba - amd - athlon x2' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1405277/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
