Bug#463382: xserver-xorg-video-intel: still flickering with new driver

[Jos van Wolput <wolput@onsneteindhoven.nl>]

Brice Goglin wrote:
> Luca Bigliardi wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> > Version: 2:2.2.0.90-3
> > Followup-For: Bug #463382
> >
> >
> > Please consider reopening this bug: I'm still getting a flickering
> > screen on my Dell Latitude D420 (no framebuffer on console).
> >
> > Tell me if you need more info or if I've to try something (same
> > behaviour occurs if I try git xf86-video-intel-2.2-branch ).
> >   
>
> Both of you guys requested this bug to be reopened. But the bug
> submitter said the problem was fixed. So you are not experiencing the
> same problem, maybe because your hardware is different.
>
> You might want to try
>     Option "FramebufferCompression" "false"
> and look at the following upstream bugs that may be related
>     https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11239
>     https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13326
>     https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13418
> If you don't find anybody with your exact problem there, feel free to
> open a new bug report (http://bugzilla.freedesktop.org, product xorg,
> component Driver/Intel), attach xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log, and tell them
> which driver version you are using and when the problem appeared.
>
> Brice

I downloaded and compiled two previous git snapshot versions (from pkg-xorg/driver/xserver-xorg-video-intel.git).
xserver-xorg-video-intel-2_2.2.0.90-1 doesn't show any screen flickering
but it occurs with xserver-xorg-video-intel-2_2.2.0.90-2.
Looks as it's caused by a change between these two versions!
The green flickering occurs mainly when viewing pictures.

Concerning the Option "FramebufferCompression" "false": according to Xorg.0.log
(WW) intel(0): Allocation error, framebuffer compression disabled.

Regards,
Jos van Wolput