Ubuntu 11.04 screen flickers

Asked by Dhananjay Singh

I am using ubuntu 11.04 and recently updated via Update Manger, after which my screen flickers. Sometimes it stops after few mins but again starts.
dj@dj-Aspire-4315:~$ sudo lshw -C display
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:44 memory:fc000000-fc0fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8)
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:fc100000-fc1fffff

Reading other related threads :
Solution 1:
- untick the box of "screen dimming when idle" --- Didn't work for me
Solution 2 :
 Service Manager -> Uncheck "Detect RANDR (monitor) changes"-- Where is this in 11.04??

Help please

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; echo; dpkg -l | grep intel

Thanks

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Dhananjay Singh (prinshudj) said :
#2

thanks for the reply. Here is the requested outputs:-

dj@dj-Aspire-4315:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

dj@dj-Aspire-4315:~$ uname -a
Linux dj-Aspire-4315 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

dj@dj-Aspire-4315:~$ dpkg -l | grep intel
ii intel-gpu-tools 1.0.2+git20100324-0ubuntu1 tools for debugging the Intel graphics driver
ii libdrm-intel1 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii whois 5.0.11ubuntu1 an intelligent whois client
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Dhananjay Singh (prinshudj) said :
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Problem Solved

Thanks a lot andrew.

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freeusfromthem (freeusfromthem) said :
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Why d I need to register to view a forum thread??

thread from above::
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=684972