Bug#399654: Monitor flickers

Wakko Warner wakko at animx.eu.org
Wed Nov 22 04:16:00 PST 2006


Michel D?nzer wrote:
> tags 399654 upstream
> forwarded 399654 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2859
> kthxbye
> 
> On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 22:50 -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: 
> > 
> > I have an ATI Radeon 9200 with DVI and VGA outputs.  Connected to the DVI, I
> > have a Samsung SyncMaster 204T.
> > 
> > When xterms scroll rapidly I notice flickering.  In a browser, sometimes
> > changing tabs causes it to blank out noticably (duration say .5 seconds).
> > Running gears from xscreensaver-gl with -delay 0 causes the monitor to blank
> > entirely.  Moving some windows around (depends on content) will cause
> > flickers or jitters.
> 
> See the upstream bug report referenced above.

Thanks.

> > Here's my device section from /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
> >         Driver          "radeon"
> >         Option          "AGPMode" "6"
> >         Option          "DisplayPriority" "BIOS"
> > EndSection
> 
> If
> 
> 	Option	"DisplayPriority" "HIGH"
> 
> doesn't help, a reduced blanking mode might.

What do I do to set a reduced blanking mode?  I'll try the "HIGH" sometime
this week.

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