I’ve an old-ish install of Leap 42.2 (fully patched) on an old-ish Dell XPS-420 desktop computer using latest OS KDE.
Recently the screen has started flickering and doesn’t update when switching desktops. I have to use Ctrl-R to get it to display the correct contents.
I think this is a driver problem. Any advice for getting this back to a stable situation, even if I lose desktop effects (which I don’t really value anyway)?
$ hwinfo --framebuffer --gfxcard --monitor
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
[Created at bios.459]
Unique ID: rdCR.Bxnv8AEwnt8
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: "(C) 1988-2005, ATI RV630"
Vendor: "(C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc."
Device: "RV630"
SubVendor: "ATI ATOMBIOS"
SubDevice:
Revision: "01.00"
Memory Size: 16 MB
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xd0ffffff (rw)
Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0320: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x0393: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0395: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0396: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x03b3: 512x384 (+512), 8 bits
Mode 0x03b5: 512x384 (+1024), 16 bits
Mode 0x03b6: 512x384 (+2048), 24 bits
Mode 0x03c3: 640x350 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x03c5: 640x350 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x03c6: 640x350 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0383: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0385: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x0386: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0333: 720x400 (+768), 8 bits
Mode 0x0335: 720x400 (+1472), 16 bits
Mode 0x0336: 720x400 (+2944), 24 bits
Mode 0x0353: 1152x864 (+1152), 8 bits
Mode 0x0355: 1152x864 (+2304), 16 bits
Mode 0x0356: 1152x864 (+4608), 24 bits
Mode 0x0363: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x0365: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x0366: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0321: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0322: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0323: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x0324: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0343: 1400x1050 (+1408), 8 bits
Mode 0x0345: 1400x1050 (+2816), 16 bits
Mode 0x0346: 1400x1050 (+5632), 24 bits
Mode 0x0383: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0385: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x0386: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
27: PCI 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: VCu0.bGgWUi2nlF3
Parent ID: vSkL.bi8gxtgkeR3
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: "ATI RV630 XT [Radeon HD 2600 XT]"
Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
Device: pci 0x9588 "RV630 XT [Radeon HD 2600 XT]"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x2542
Driver: "radeon"
Driver Modules: "drm"
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xfe9f0000-0xfe9fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0xdc00-0xdcff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xfea00000-0xfea1ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 27 (216386 events)
I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d00009588sv00001028sd00002542bc03sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: radeon is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe radeon"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #9 (PCI bridge)
32: None 00.0: 10002 LCD Monitor
[Created at monitor.125]
Unique ID: rdCR.aAmAIZJ53V8
Parent ID: VCu0.bGgWUi2nlF3
Hardware Class: monitor
Model: "DELL ST2410"
Vendor: DEL "DELL"
Device: eisa 0xa05c "DELL ST2410"
Serial ID: "W189R01402NU"
Resolution: 720x400@70Hz
Resolution: 640x480@60Hz
Resolution: 640x480@75Hz
Resolution: 800x600@60Hz
Resolution: 800x600@75Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@75Hz
Resolution: 1152x864@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@60Hz
Resolution: 1920x1080@60Hz
Size: 531x299 mm
Year of Manufacture: 2010
Week of Manufacture: 2
Detailed Timings #0:
Resolution: 1920x1080
Horizontal: 1920 2008 2052 2200 (+88 +132 +280) +hsync
Vertical: 1080 1084 1089 1125 (+4 +9 +45) +vsync
Frequencies: 148.50 MHz, 67.50 kHz, 60.00 Hz
Driver Info #0:
Max. Resolution: 1920x1080
Vert. Sync Range: 50-76 Hz
Hor. Sync Range: 30-83 kHz
Bandwidth: 148 MHz
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #27 (VGA compatible controller)
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