Having realised that I should pass the --no-daemon --debug when using gdb, here's another backtrace using those options.
I've run 'killall -3 gnome-settings-daemon' during the flickering (which comes and goes) and taken a backtrace. ** Attachment added: "gdb-gnome-settings-daemon3.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23844196/gdb-gnome-settings-daemon3.txt -- strange desktop flickering makes desktop unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339491 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