Public bug reported: Problem appeared after update from Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04. Game worked fine in Saucy with both radeon and fglrx. Now in Trusty only works with fglrx. Using radeon driver gives heavy flickering (about 0,5s intervals) when running the game (through PlayOnLinux/WINE). I expect some other games of other users will have the same problem.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: libegl1-mesa 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,animation,workarounds,vpswitch,move,imgpng,expo,compiztoolbox,snap,unitymtgrabhandles,mousepoll,resize,grid,wall,fade,gnomecompat,place,ezoom,session,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri May 23 14:36:12 2014 DistUpgraded: 2014-04-19 17:11:14,002 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms, 14.03.01, 3.11.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed fwts-efi-runtime-dkms, 14.03.01, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed vboxhost, 4.3.12, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5650/5750 / 6530M/6550M] [1002:68c1] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobility Radeon HD 5650 [1025:0364] InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-06-07 (1445 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1) MachineType: Acer Aspire 3820 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=8b7cae99-dae3-4d14-bbd3-24f82a9e0b57 ro quiet splash rootflags=data=writeback acpi_osi=Linux vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: mesa UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (33 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: V1.19 dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JM31_CP dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: V1.19 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V1.19 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.19:bd10/27/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire3820:pvrV1.19:rvnAcer:rnJM31_CP:rvrV1.19:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.19: dmi.product.name: Aspire 3820 dmi.product.version: V1.19 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Fri May 23 13:44:19 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: radeon ** Affects: mesa (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 trusty ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322589 Title: Screen flickers when running game Sins of a Solar Empire To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1322589/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs