Description of problem: When I boot into a live image (tried with Fedora 16 beta TC2 and RC1), the screen starts flickering as soon as plymouth starts in the boot process. Other than the flickering, things seem to work fine but the flickering makes the machine unsable. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.16.0-2.fc16.x86_64 kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot into live image with intel 4500MHD graphics Actual results: Flickering screen Expected results: Steady, non-flickering screen
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Define "flickering", please.
I'll try to describe what I'm seeing but can try to submit a video if it isn't clear. Once plymouth starts, it looks like several refreshes per second are shifted out of the position that they're supposed to be in. Sometimes the refresh is shifted down ~ 25%, sometimes it's shifted slightly to the right and sometimes it's vertically squashed and transposed over the screen. It's almost as if the refresh rate is off. When the shifted redraws happen, I see what appear to be white and black artifacts in and around the shifted image.
Do you see this if you boot with i915.i915_enable_fbc=0 ? Seems like the most likely suspect.
Yes, I still see it if I boot a beta RC2 x86_64 live image using "i915.i915_enable_fbc=0"
Yea this is really bad its making me feel sick. Was running lovelock with gnome 3 fine and love it, installed GTK+ development files which required upgrading some x11 files, wish i'd payed more attention. It restarted and now flicking warping fragmented screen, best discribed by Tim. So downloaded fedora 16 fresh install and its still there. Help.
Oh I can stop it, this is strange. Open add/Remove software... Help->Contents. search eg "history". click "Update Viewer". And it stops with this window open. Weird.
I've been testing this more with a F16 install. I can make the flickering go away or come back by varying ONLY the kernel builds (xorg and xorg-x11-drv-intel builds stay constant). Using the kernel builds that are still available through koji: - (no flickering) kernel-3.0.1-3.fc16.x86_64 - (flickering) kernel-3.1.0-0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 I'm seeing this flickering regardless of whether or not X is running and have been doing my testing with the default target set to multi-user (runlevel 3). I have also tested kernel-3.0.1-3.fc16.x86_64 in graphical mode and there is no flickering. It looks like the kernel builds in between the two listed above are no longer available through koji but I'm planning to replicate some of them in an attempt to isolate this farther.
I think that this is a duplicate of bug 753881.
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