Questions tagged [flicker]
When something flickers it flashes repeatedly. Flickering in Ask Ubuntu is generally referring to screen issues, or to describe an LED, such as, "The hard disk access light flickered."
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Annoying flickering in 16.04 LTS - Chrome
I've upgraded from 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 and then 4.5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit, and it's still happening.
At 4.5.2 it's even more frequent, and mainly in Chrome (haven't tried firefox or opera just yet)...
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Flickering in KDE Plasma 5.4
I am facing flickering in KDE Plasma 5.4. Flickering stops when I change Compositor Rendering Back-end To OpenGL 3 and then change again to OpenGL 2.
OS: KUbuntu 15.04
Graphics: Intel HD 4000
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Ubuntu screen flickering
I have installed ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop specification are intel i3 6th gen with intel graphics card 520,screen resolution 1366×768.
when i lock desktop to temporarily turn off the screen but when ...
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Weird partial screen flickering after upgrade to 14.04
I have been bothered by this issue for few weeks already. The problem started when I upgraded to 14.04. Parts of my screen are sometimes flickering like shown on 2 videos that links I attach below:
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Cursor flickers on primary display when fractional scaling is enable for dual monitors on Ubuntu Desktop 20.04
I am experiencing a mouse cursor flickering on my primary display when I enable fractional scaling. I am running Ubuntu 20.04 desktop on a Dell Inspiron XPS 9380 with Intel UHD620 graphics.
I have a ...
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Google Chrome "Flickering"
I am having a problem with Google Chrome on Ubuntu 12.10 64.
On about 20-30% of web sites the page comes up and starts "flickering". It seems like there is a different or partial rendering of the ...
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Fixing the Nvidia Graphics Screen Flicker Issue
I know there are a lot of questions about this -- I've read at least 100 questions about it but still can't find a solution to the Nvidia screen flicker issue. I've had this issue since 11.10. The ...
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AMD RX480 Screen flicker after update to 18.04
As mentioned in the title. Was upgrading from 17.10. Having this screen flickering.
My GPU is AMD RX480
What I did:
Search for similar issues for 18.04, can't find any
Perform fresh install. Still ...
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Why are Abiword documents flickering since the upgrade to Lubuntu 16?
Lubuntu offered to upgrade itself the other day. I think I was on 14-something and now it's 16-something. All well and good but now all Abiword docs are flickering constantly. (I've noticed it doesn't ...
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Black screen flickering after update to 22.04
I've been using 20.04 and I updated to 22.04. After a few days a black flickering appears randomly, it's very annoying and it didn't happen before. Any idea what might be the cause?
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Ubuntu 16.10 screen flicker after monitor wake up
In Ubuntu 16.10, when my monitors wake up on my 3rd generation Intel Core i7 laptop (HD 4000 graphics), I get flickering on both my built in laptop screen and my external display. It goes away when I ...
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Ubuntu external full HD monitor flicker
I had an issue with my external HD monitor which started flickering and the rows of pixels were unaligned with each other a bit so the picture was kind of blurry. I tried everything from changing some ...
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Upgrade to 16.10 causes desktop backlight flickering
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 16.10 and after the restart the display light flickers constantly, regardless of the application running. The flickering
starts when the login screen is shown. I am using a ...
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Screen flickering on mouse move (Ubuntu 20/21, Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro)
I recently purchased a Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro (16IHU6) with the following configuration
CPU: i5-11300H
GPU: nVidia MX450
Display: 2k@120Hz
and I fail to run Ubuntu 20.04/21.10 (to be honest, any ...
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Partial flicker/redraw problems on dual-monitor setup
Ever had a time when it seemed that part of your screen couldn't figure out quite what it wanted to display? If so, you'll probably be able to help me out on this question.
I have an HP Elitebook ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 - Screen flickering / glitches
I've been struggling with that for the last week. I've checked similar questions, and the proposed solutions worked only for a moment or reduced the glitches, but they didn't fix the issue. Also, I ...
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cursor jumps when moving (and some other times)
i updated to 12.10 beta 1 when it was released (coming from 12.04 fresh install, i skipped the alpha releases of 12.10)
since then i've done all the usual updates but ive had an issue with my cursor ...
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Ubuntu 16.04/17.04/17.10 & CENTOS 6,7: screen flickering and random shutdowns (Lenovo Thinkpad T410)
I ask the same question a couple of weeks ago but the question was closed because it was related to Ubuntu 17.10 which is under development.
However, I have the same (and worse) issues for the LTS 16....
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Stopping the menu icon flicker
Every time I click on the application or system menus, I notice that no icons show up for a second, then they page in. Is there some way to explicitly tell Ubuntu to cache this? My SuSE (GNOME) ...
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Mouse is blinking/flickering at my built in monitor with an external monitor, please help
I am using a Thinkpad W530, and due to my works, I need to use an external monitor.
I am using nouveau and nvidia-prime to switch between intel and nvidia adapter.
After I connected and switched on ...
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Strange graphics issues such as flickering application windows and inconsistent display lagging [duplicate]
My computer was acting really strange; the windows were flickering and parts of windows of different applications were partly appearing at random places. Also when I was typing, my computer seemed to ...
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Flickering horizontal line while scrolling
I have got a really weird problem.
When I scroll a web page, look through images really fast with right arrow held or render something with OpenGL on high fps, I have got this flickering horizontal ...
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Brightness problem on a Samsung 530U3B
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Samsung 530U3B laptop. Screen blinks on adjusting the brightness and CPU load grow up to 100%.
Video device: Intel(R) Extreme Graphics 3 Controller.
Seems like it ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 and 16.10 screen goes black randomly for a second
This problem has occurred on 16.10 which is why I decided to stick with 16.04. Now with the 16.04.2 update, I'm getting the same issue.
Once in a while, very randomly (most noticeable while in the ...
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Brightness function key resulting in flickering
Dell Inspiron n5110, I upgraded from Trusty to Xenial yesterday.. The one issue I can't seem to get past or over is that when I use the Fn keys to change the brightness, it results in random ...
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Screen goes black only when clicking system settings. Comes back on after 10 to 60 seconds
I am new to Ubuntu. I just installed a fresh copy of 16.04 LTS on a Lenovo M8 3306 ThinkCentre desktop.
It is running great so far other than one weird problem in which I cannot find anyone else on ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Nvidia Obs Studio Screen Flickering GT1030
I am using Nvidia GT1030 with OBS Studio running Ubuntu 16.04. When trying to record with OBS Studio, the screen is flickering. The same using other recording software - Kazam.
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Screen flickering problem in 16.04 [duplicate]
i upgraded 14.04 ubuntu to 16.04, after updating softwares in 16.04 my desktop screen flickers when i place mouse pointer in the launcher pad.
how can i solve the issue?
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External monitor flickering with usb-c dock displayport / vga
Hardware: lenovo thinkpad e480 laptop (intel+amd hybrid graphics) + lenovo thinkpad usb-c dock + dell u2415 monitor. Bios / dock firmware: latest versions installed
If external monitor is connected ...
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Flickering windows and video freezing
I have recently updated for Ubuntu 17.10, I have the following issues since then:
Windows flickers when I open/resize them, with a thick black lines
blinking around them
After a while, videos tend to ...
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Screen flicker on mouse scroll
When i log in, everything works well for 5 minutes, then there is blank screen for 2 sec and again the display comes on the monitor but after that, the screen starts flickering on mouse scroll and the ...
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Screen flickering when I run commands in gnome-terminal
I have recently installed Ubuntu 16.10.
I frequently see screen flickering, but only when I open the terminal and run some commands, not when I use browsers or at any other time. When I press ...
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Screen, windows, and menus are flickering horribly
I just installed 11.04 (with updates/ubuntu extras installed).
I am using a Dell Dimension 3000, and it is apparently not capable of running Unity.
There was no flickering during the install, but ...
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Screen flickering with Webstorm autocomplete popup
I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 fully updated.
Sometimes when in Webstorm the autocomplete popup is shown the monitor that has WebStorm flickers for a couple of seconds every time I press a key on the keyboard,...
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Mouse Flicker on Triple Monitor setup Ubuntu 14.04
I am currently running Ubuntu 14.04 with Kernel version 3.13. I have two ATI HD4650 graphics cards and am attempting to push display on 3 monitors. The first card is attached to 2 monitors via an HDMI ...
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Colours dots move around when using firefox
Green, blue and black dots show on the screen when I use firefox. They move around and quicker when I write or do a search. Sometimes they appear thicker somtimes less. They don't appear in other ...
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Is Intel i5-1135G7 Iris Xe Graphics supported? Screen flickers and tears
I got a Lenovo Yoga 14s 2021 with ubuntu 18.04 OS installed on it this week, but the screen keeps flickering and tearing whenever the mouse moving or anything change on the screen. I've tried using ...
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Screen flickering on certain apps in Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I use Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS on a dual-monitor setup. These are the relevant components of my PC:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6GHz
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 ...
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Screen Flickers to Mouse Cursor
I have Lubuntu 16.04. It is running on a Thinkpad X201 using Intel graphics devices (no Nvidia here).
After I watch a video on Youtube or use mplayer to watch a video, the screen flickers black right ...
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Vivid Vervet upgrade mess - flickering
I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.04 which was just released. After reboot, I get as far as the login screen but it only appears for a second, then it goes to an infinite loop of screen flickering. How could I ...
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Flickering on youtube
All the videos on youtube are flickering on my Ubuntu.
See screenshot: https://i.sstatic.net/YUEsg.jpg
This happens with HTML5 enabled and disabled.
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Thinkpad X61s.
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What exactly is --no-daemon function in Gnome-power-manager
I have problem with monitor flickering and here i found that possible solution is to run gnome-power-manager like this:
gnome-power-manager --no-daemon
For some people this fixed the issues. I am ...
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Screen flickering on Ubuntu 20.04 with Nvidia 495 under high CPU
I'm having a strange issue for the past couple of months.
I run an Ubuntu 20.04 on a Lenovo Y740 laptop (RTX 2070). With the latest Nvidia drivers (currently, I'm testing with 495), I'm having an ...
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Screen flickers when opening/closing apps in wayland
I am using Ubuntu 21.04, with AMD Ryzen 5 processor and RX 560X graphic card.
When I open/close any app (Brave,VSCode,Slack etc) screen flicker with a delay of 1 sec it only happens in wayland never ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS flickering screen
I just installed a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 on my Lenovo Z580 laptop and it’s dual boot with Windows 10.
Windows 10 runs fine, but whenever I launch Ubuntu, my PC screen starts flashing continuously. The ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Screen Refresh / Flickering Issue
Recently upgraded from Ubuntu 19 to 20.04, since doing so I keep running into an issue that I struggle to describe so here goes...
Initially, right after login, the screen will re-size / flicker - it ...
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Flickering screen with Radeon graphics on Ubuntu 18.04
I had Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS running on
HP Compaq nx9420;
[AMD/ATI] RV530/M56-P [Mobility Radeon X1600]
screen resol.: 1680x1050 60.1*
kernel 3.13.0-161 and radeon.ko Version: 2.36.0
It was ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 screen flickering [closed]
System using :-
hp 15r032tx
Ubuntu 17.10
Problem - screen flickers and get locked ,sometimes just a black
screen and nothing on display.
Sometimes keyboard and mouse also
hanged.
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Cursor flickering and disappearing with dual-screen setup
I've recently installed Ubuntu 15.04 under unity and set up a dual screen.
For the two screens I'm using my GTX 760 using Nouveau drivers (I couldn't use nvidia's because they were not working, but ...
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13.04 flickering mouse pointer [duplicate]
I'm running 13.04 on my laptop. My laptop has a tendency to run really hot - to the point of thermal shutdowns if left unattended for a long period of time. I don't know if that's relevant. the mouse ...
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