screen "flashes" about every 7 seconds in Ubuntu 10.10

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

(I'm betting it's a cheap SiS chip but we'll see)

  On 10/17/2010 06:30 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #129961 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/129961
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested for more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> sudo lshw -C display
>
> (I'm betting it's a cheap SiS chip but we'll see)
>
Here's the output...

gcathers@gcathers-EK425AA-ABA-M7259C:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for gcathers:
   *-display:0
        description: VGA compatible controller
        product: RV530 [Radeon X1600]
        vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
        version: 00
        width: 64 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master
cap_list rom
        configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
        resources: irq:18 memory:d0000000-dfffffff
memory:fdef0000-fdefffff ioport:ef00(size=256) memory:fde00000-fde1ffff
   *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
        description: Display controller
        product: RV530 [Radeon X1600] (Secondary)
        vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
        physical id: 0.1
        bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
        version: 00
        width: 64 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: pm pciexpress cap_list
        configuration: latency=0
        resources: memory:fdee0000-fdeeffff
gcathers@gcathers-EK425AA-ABA-M7259C:~$

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  On 11/03/2010 03:58 AM, Launchpad Janitor wrote:
> Your question #129961 on xserver-xorg-video-ati in ubuntu changed:
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I downloaded and installed both 65 bit and 32 versions of Fedora 14, and
they both have the same problem. Would that indicate that the problem
is in the Kernel?