Flashing Desktop!

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dr_zin

Flashing Desktop!

Post by dr_zin »

I tried to get this issue revolved by doing reinstall but is seem that there a buggy update that is causing this issue. I have done the standar checking of hardware. Lets dive right into it, shall we. I am going to start off with the hardware listings...

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 ~ $ lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        64-bit
CPU(s):                2
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
CPU socket(s):         1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             AuthenticAMD
CPU family:            15
Model:                 107
Stepping:              2
CPU MHz:               1000.000
Virtualization:        AMD-V
L1d cache:             64K
L1i cache:             64K
L2 cache:              512K

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~ $ lspci -vt
-[0000:00]-+-00.0  ATI Technologies Inc RD790 Northbridge only dual slot PCI-e_GFX and HT3 K8 part
           +-02.0-[01]--+-00.0  ATI Technologies Inc RV515 PRO [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series]
           |            \-00.1  ATI Technologies Inc RV515 PRO [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] (Secondary)
           +-05.0-[02]----00.0  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
           +-12.0  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
           +-13.0  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
           +-13.1  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
           +-13.2  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
           +-13.3  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
           +-13.4  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
           +-13.5  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
           +-14.0  ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller
           +-14.1  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
           +-14.3  ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
           +-14.4-[03]--+-00.0  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
           |            +-02.0  RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
           |            \-03.0  VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller
           +-18.0  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
           +-18.1  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
           +-18.2  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
           \-18.3  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control

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~ $ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             18855  0 
ppdev                   5030  0 
lp                      7462  0 
parport                27954  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sco                     7209  2 
bnep                    9427  2 
rfcomm                 29597  0 
l2cap                  24736  6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth              41827  6 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
powernow_k8            10978  1 
cpufreq_stats           2659  0 
cpufreq_conservative     5162  0 
cpufreq_userspace       1992  0 
cpufreq_powersave        902  0 
binfmt_misc             6431  1 
fuse                   50625  1 
loop                   11799  0 
snd_ice1712            50553  0 
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx      2108  1 snd_ice1712
snd_ak4xxx_adda         6063  2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_cs8427              5649  1 snd_ice1712
snd_ac97_codec         99186  1 snd_ice1712
snd_pcm_oss            32591  0 
snd_mixer_oss          12606  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                60503  3 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          6249  1 snd_pcm
ac97_bus                1086  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_i2c                 3362  2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
arc4                    1274  2 
snd_mpu401_uart         4995  1 snd_ice1712
ecb                     1841  2 
snd_seq_midi            4400  0 
snd_rawmidi            15515  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
rt61pci                17604  0 
radeon                573996  2 
snd_seq_midi_event      4628  1 snd_seq_midi
ttm                    39986  1 radeon
snd_seq                42881  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
rt2x00pci               4605  1 rt61pci
snd_timer              15582  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
rt2x00lib              21810  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
drm_kms_helper         20065  1 radeon
led_class               2433  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              137340  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_device          4493  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
edac_core              29261  0 
drm                   142359  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd                    46446  13 snd_ice1712,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211              101496  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
rfkill                 13044  4 bluetooth,cfg80211
soundcore               4598  1 snd
i2c_algo_bit            4225  1 radeon
i2c_piix4               8328  0 
eeprom_93cx6            1335  1 rt61pci
edac_mce_amd            6433  0 
i2c_core               15712  5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4
k8temp                  3283  0 
psmouse                49777  0 
pcspkr                  1699  0 
serio_raw               3752  0 
evdev                   7352  10 
joydev                  8459  0 
button                  4650  0 
processor              29935  1 powernow_k8
ext4                  289033  2 
mbcache                 5050  1 ext4
jbd2                   67015  1 ext4
crc16                   1319  2 l2cap,ext4
btrfs                 375670  0 
zlib_deflate           17746  1 btrfs
crc32c                  2560  1 
libcrc32c               1074  1 btrfs
sg                     18744  0 
sr_mod                 12602  0 
cdrom                  29415  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 29889  4 
crc_t10dif              1276  1 sd_mod
ums_cypress             2381  0 
ata_generic             3047  0 
usbhid                 33292  0 
hid                    63225  1 usbhid
usb_storage            39625  2 ums_cypress
firewire_ohci          19676  0 
pata_atiixp             3489  0 
ahci                   32374  1 
r8169                  29229  0 
floppy                 49087  0 
mii                     3210  1 r8169
thermal                11674  0 
thermal_sys            11942  2 processor,thermal
ohci_hcd               19212  0 
firewire_core          36848  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               1307  2 rt61pci,firewire_core
libata                133632  3 ata_generic,pata_atiixp,ahci
ehci_hcd               31151  0 
scsi_mod              122149  6 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,ums_cypress,usb_storage,libata
usbcore               122034  6 ums_cypress,usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
nls_base                6377  1 usbcore

Ok, at this point. Hardware does not seem to an issue. I am not sure what log I to pull up and view.
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vrkalak

Re: Flashing Desktop!

Post by vrkalak »

Thank you for the information provided so far ... but we still need a few more details.

You are using the x64-bit version of which LM distro and desktop?

Most importantly ... explain "flashing desktop"??

When? For how long? With apps open? Upon booting?

How long have you been using this version of the OS?

Did the 'flashing' problem start immediately? Or after an update/upgrade?
dr_zin

Re: Flashing Desktop!

Post by dr_zin »

Over the weekend I ran the ( apt-get upgrade ) in the cml. It was after every thignw as DL and the install process begain the this Flashing begain or “ Black Outs” start to acure. Which are timed for every 30 seconds, for 2 seconds. This issue is not application base casuation is start when the xorg start at log in. It seem about the time when the “GDM3” is exacuted for the question to over ride current configuration. I am not sure that is the case.

So, I started a backup so, I can figure this out.

I did a clean install. Redeplyed my back up and the issue did not acure, until I ran the globe upgrade. The remanafest of the issue acured.

So I did an other clean install verfy that it was this very issue, that I get the bug a package. Which I am not sure which that one would be.

I do use the the rolling distro.



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ppdev
lp
parport
sco : Bluetooth SCO ver 0.6
bnep : Bluetooth BNEP ver 1.3
rfcomm : Bluetooth RFCOMM ver 1.11
l2cap : Bluetooth L2CAP ver 2.14
bluetooth : Bluetooth Core ver 2.15
powernow_k8 : AMD Athlon 64 and Opteron processor frequency driver.
cpufreq_stats : 'cpufreq_stats' - A driver to export cpufreq stats through sysfs filesystem
cpufreq_conservative : 'cpufreq_conservative' - A dynamic cpufreq governor for Low Latency Frequency Transition capable processors optimised for use in a battery environment
cpufreq_userspace : CPUfreq policy governor 'userspace'
cpufreq_powersave : CPUfreq policy governor 'powersave'
binfmt_misc
fuse : Filesystem in Userspace
loop
snd_ice1712 : ICEnsemble ICE1712 (Envy24)
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx : ICEnsemble ICE17xx <-> AK4xxx AD/DA chip interface
snd_ak4xxx_adda : Routines for control of AK452x / AK43xx AD/DA converters
snd_cs8427 : IEC958 (S/PDIF) receiver & transmitter by Cirrus Logic
snd_ac97_codec : Universal interface for Audio Codec &apos;97
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snd_mixer_oss : Mixer OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_pcm : Midlevel PCM code for ALSA.
snd_page_alloc : Memory allocator for ALSA system.
ac97_bus
snd_i2c : Generic i2c interface for ALSA
arc4 : ARC4 Cipher Algorithm
snd_mpu401_uart : Routines for control of MPU-401 in UART mode
ecb : ECB block cipher algorithm
snd_seq_midi : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth.
snd_rawmidi : Midlevel RawMidi code for ALSA.
rt61pci : Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
radeon : ATI Radeon
snd_seq_midi_event : MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
ttm : TTM memory manager subsystem (for DRM device)
snd_seq : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.
rt2x00pci : rt2x00 pci library
snd_timer : ALSA timer interface
rt2x00lib : rt2x00 library
drm_kms_helper : DRM KMS helper
led_class : LED Class Interface
mac80211 : IEEE 802.11 subsystem
snd_seq_device : ALSA sequencer device management
edac_core : Core library routines for EDAC reporting
drm : DRM shared core routines
snd : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.
cfg80211 : wireless configuration support
rfkill : RF switch support
soundcore : Core sound module
i2c_algo_bit : I2C-Bus bit-banging algorithm
i2c_piix4 : PIIX4 SMBus driver
eeprom_93cx6 : EEPROM 93cx6 chip driver
edac_mce_amd : AMD MCE decoder
i2c_core : I2C-Bus main module
k8temp : AMD K8 core temperature monitor
psmouse : PS/2 mouse driver
pcspkr : PC Speaker beeper driver
serio_raw : Raw serio driver
evdev : Input driver event char devices
joydev : Joystick device interfaces
button : ACPI Button Driver
processor : ACPI Processor Driver
ext4 : Fourth Extended Filesystem
mbcache : Meta block cache (for extended attributes)
jbd2
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btrfs
zlib_deflate
crc32c : CRC32c (Castagnoli) calculations wrapper for lib/crc32c
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ata_generic : low-level driver for generic ATA
usbhid : USB HID core driver
hid
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firewire_ohci : Driver for PCI OHCI IEEE1394 controllers
pata_atiixp : low-level driver for ATI IXP200/300/400
ahci : AHCI SATA low-level driver
r8169 : RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver
floppy
mii : MII hardware support library
thermal : ACPI Thermal Zone Driver
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usbcore
nls_base


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Composite
DAMAGE
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
DRI2
GLX
Generic Event Extension
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
RANDR
RECORD
RENDER
SECURITY
SGI-GLX
SHAPE
SYNC
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XC-MISC
XFIXES
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XINERAMA
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
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