unggnu, yes I can confirm that the workaround works for me (Intrepid, 915i series Intel video card). Not only it removes the flickering while using xrandr/videos, but also the constant flickering on KDE (a related bug, afaik).
-- [i915] [intrepid ] screen flickers while loading X, running xrandr or playing a video (i915) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278146 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs