My problem was with the live CD (I have FreeBSD taking up the whole disk drive, and don't want to install Ubuntu in this system). There doesn't seem to be an easy way to choose the desktop, since the system auto-logins to Gnome when it starts up, without showing a login screen (unless there is a problem with that, which is another question).
With FreeBSD, and I believe Fedora 14, there is a way to choose the vesa driver, which doesn't do this. Under Ubuntu, you would have to boot into text mode, create an xorg.conf file which chooses THAT driver, then startx. On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Sander Jonkers <747...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I tried "classic desktop (no effects)" (at login) and the fglrx driver, > but I still have flashes a few times per minute. > > Is this going to be solved with the real Natty release, or is there a > workaround, or should I just stay with Ubuntu 10.x (which shows no > flashes)? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 > > Title: > [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau > driver > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/747069/+subscribe > -- It's completely normal that you lose data on "Windows" platforms. That's why you have a UNIX or Linux or BSD server for backups. SMAUG: http://scruz.org/ UBUNTU 10.10 October 2010 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
