I have exactly the same problem -- but on different (older) hardware: lspci -v:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV630/M76 [Mobility Radeon HD 2600] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30c5 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at 4000 [size=256] Memory at e4400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e4420000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?> Kernel driver in use: radeon I have screen flicker on 1680x1050, but not 1600x1000. This is not a big difference in terms of resolution -- if it weren't for the terrible screen scaling that cannot be turned off. I get the suspicion that the driver has some timing/performance issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1366879 Title: external monitor flicker in radeon driver on RV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4570/545v] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1366879/+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