I have the same problem with Jeremy. After a clean install of Kubuntu 8.10 the problem remains. There is no flickering but i cannot watch media files. The video file begins normally and at some random time it turns blue but the sound continues.
Started a new bug report in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/292788 for the false monitor detection (connection/disconnection) -- laptop screen flickers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs