Michael Schmitz <schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de> writes: >> > PLL fails to lock properly ... Happens occasionally. >> > >> > Boot again; the problem might be gone already. If it isn't: >> > Close the lid (forcing the pb to sleep) then reopen the lid. The >> > flickering should be gone now. If it isn't, there's something broken >> > beyond the usual. >> >> Well, it still is a kernel/X/whatever bug, not a hardware one, right ? > > Debatable. Might be triggered by hardware being slightly off spec. BenH > had me test a variety of things, with the final solution (presumably > what's in 2.6.11 now) getting the timing right about 99% of the time. > > Part of the solution was to activate the UseFBDev X option, at that time. > Forgot to mention that; Ben was going to get a proper fix into X - I > didn't check that. That fix has been in Xorg HEAD for a while; some distros (at least Gentoo and Ubuntu) have backported it to their 6.8 releases. cheers, John
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