Bug#726153: base: Video "flashes" every 10 seconds

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2013-10-12 22:18 +0200, Mark Hawkins wrote:

> Package: base
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
> *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>
>    * What led up to the situation? Just performed a fresh install of Debian 7.
> As soon as the the system was restarted after the install the video on the 
> monitor started to "blink" every 10 seconds. It appears that the video signal
> stops and then immediately restarts.

Please send the output of "/usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3>&1".

As a workaround, try booting with drm_kms_helper.poll=0 kernel parameter.

Cheers,
       Sven