Bug#755673: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Screen flickering with Xorg 1.16

[Bernhard Schmidt <berni@birkenwald.de>]

Hi,
Am 22.07.2014 14:31, schrieb Maarten Lankhorst:
> op 22-07-14 11:16, Bernhard Schmidt schreef:
>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>> Version: 2:2.99.912+git20140719-1~exp1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> I have been a happy user of the experimental intel drivers because they
>> fix a couple of annoyances for me. However since the upgrade of
>> xserver-xorg to 2:1.15.99.904-1 I experience heavy flickering (Windows
>> seems to switch between two versions of the window content).
>>
>> The problem is especially noticable in RDP sessions (Remmina) and in
>> Thunderbird/Icedove. In Icedove's message list it behaves like a messed
>> up scroll wheel.
>>
>> The problem can be observed in 2:2.99.912+git20140705-1~exp1+b1 and
>> 2:2.99.912+git20140719-1~exp1, downgrading to 2:2.21.15-2+b2 fixes the
>> problem. I have been running the experimental drivers for a couple of
>> weeks before Xorg 1.16 and cannot remember that issue.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Bernhard
>>
> Smells like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81551
> 
> Can you give the patch there a try?

Looks like the patch fixes the issue for me, thanks.

Bernhard