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Why does my monitor blink in certain games ie Tremulous?

Asked by Hilmar

When ever I play certain games whether they were made for linux or windows my screen blinks. Now when I used windows I didn't have this problem regardless of the game. The games so far that this happens are Tremulous, Glest, and anything in Wine. My specs are these:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
09:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
09:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
09:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Anis CHEBBI (chebbi-anis) said : 		#1

That can be caused by Compiz fusion (ex- beryl)

If you have Compiz fusion enabled try to disable it

In fact using OpenGL (in games or videos) with compiz with an ATI Graphic Card make the the video or the game flicker.

Till ATI fix this bug, the only solution is to disable Compiz whilst playing.

We're waiting for a new (and decent) driver from ATI soon. I've the same prob.

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