The flickering problems seem to be resolved, for me anyway, in the latest Oneiric Beta 1.
So this no longer seems to be an issue. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813411 Title: Unity-Compiz Flickering when Any Lens Opened for 2nd Gen Integrated Intel Graphics (Both in Natty and Oneiric to date) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/813411/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs