The bug persisted for all lifetime of my HP Pavilion dv6018ea. I can attest that it certainly is not ubuntu-specific, but rather nvidia- driver specific issue. The last version of ubuntu that I tried was 10.04 LTS.
A possible work-around for all those that still have these machines is to switch to the open source nvidia driver (nouveau, the default nvidia driver in ubuntu since version 11.04 perhaps). The performance, of course, will be hurt, but the annoying screen-wide blinks will be avoided. I am not re-opening this bug since my HP Pavilion died a third time last year and I do not think an investment to resurrect it is worth it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164589 Title: Occasional screen-wide "blink" when using opengl apps (compiz also) and Nvidia cards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/164589/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
