Bug 277409 - Entire screen randomly flickering
Summary: Entire screen randomly flickering
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-various (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Unlisted Binaries Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: triaged
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Reported: 2011-07-09 10:33 UTC by ash
Modified: 2018-10-27 02:37 UTC (History)
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Description ash 2011-07-09 10:33:55 UTC
Version:           unspecified
OS:                Linux

KDE 4.6.90 4.7 RC1
xf86-video-intel 2.15.0-2
intel-dri 7.10.3-1
Intel I965 graphics (Dell optiplex 745)

The display flickers momentarily to desktop background or stuff displayed recently (tuff stored in video memory ?)

This happens when desktop effects are on, i have the following effects switched on : Zoom, Dashboard, Explosion, Fade, Glide, Highlight, Login, Logout, Minimize, Screenshot, Slide, Sliding popups, Taskbar thumbnails, Translucency, Wobbly, Startup feedback.

It happens quite randomly

I tried to disable some of the effects and then enable back one by one, the overall frequency of the flicker dropped but did not disappear completely, which suggests that it is related to more than one effect, and it is hard to spot which one causes significant part due to the lower frequency after disabling some

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Enable desktop effects as above, use computer

Actual Results:  
Occasional flickering

Expected Results:  
No flickering
Comment 1 Thomas Lübking 2011-07-09 12:50:25 UTC
- The entire screen or only some (updating) regions?
- Do you use GLES, OpenGL 1.x or 2?
- What if you disable _all_ effect plugins (esp. blurring)
Comment 2 Thomas Lübking 2011-07-09 12:54:37 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> - Do you use GLES, OpenGL 1.x or 2?

(In reply to comment #0)
> Intel I965 graphics (Dell optiplex 745)

Ok, sorry - "GLES or OpenGL" ;-)
Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2013-01-18 20:12:33 UTC
please answer the questions, otherwise we are not able to investigate the issue. As that report is rather old please also provide the info whether it is still an issue with the latest versions of KDE SC.
Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-24 02:24:32 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please set the bug status as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-27 02:37:56 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!