[Dri-users] Re: Flicker after fullscreen apps on Radeon IGP

[James Le C. <ch...@ff...>]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:12:36 +0100
James Le Cuirot <ch...@ff...> wrote:

> This may not be DRI-related but I really didn't know where else to ask. After
> quitting any fullscreen app with my Radeon IGP (not necessarily 3D accelerated
> ones... happens with fullscreen 2D SDL apps as well and I don't think those
> are accelerated), when I return to the desktop, the screen flickers horribly
> for about a minute and then gradually goes back to normal. I hope I'm not
> damaging my laptop screen in any way. It looks a bit like when you use a
> really really low refresh rate on a CRT monitor but I thought LCD monitors had
> fixed refresh rates. I'm using Xorg 6.8.0 with up-to-date CVS DRM modules but
> this has been happening ever since I had this laptop.

I've now realised that this actually happening when I change resolution, rather
than when I use fullscreen apps. The highest resolution this monitor does is
1024x768. Changing to anything lower and then changing back again causes this
flicker effect. Maybe someone can tell me what this is now?