[Bug 16826] New: Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

Summary: Irritating screen flicker during app load
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.12
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Hello,

I have Wine 1.1.12 on Ubuntu 8.10.  Every time I load any Wine app, the screen
flickers, little lines flash back and forth.  It stops after the app is fully
loaded.  It happens with all Wine apps.  This did not happen with Wine 1.1.6 on
Ubuntu 8.04.

Thanks for the help!

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

--- Comment #1 from Austin English   2009-01-06 13:16:58 ---
Please run a regression test:
http://wiki.winehq.org/RegressionTesting

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

--- Comment #2 from Alexandre Julliard   2009-01-06 13:26:07 ---
Most likely a dup of bug 15214.

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

--- Comment #3 from Rahim   2009-01-06 13:33:47 ---
Hmmm, no, I don't think it's a duplicate of 15214, because I don't use xrandr. 
It's on a plain Dell laptop with Intel 915 graphics.  I don't use Compiz or
anything like that either.

Unfortunately I can't do extensive regression testing because I have a slow,
unreliable internet connection.

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

--- Comment #4 from Alexandre Julliard   2009-01-06 14:14:14 ---
It may also be the opengl init. Try apps like xrandr and glxgears until you
find one with the same symptoms. In any case I don't think a regression test
will help, it's a bug in the graphics driver.

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

--- Comment #5 from Rahim   2009-01-06 16:41:43 ---
Hi again,

I tried glxgears, and it doesn't cause any strange symptoms.  The Win32 apps
that I run are not graphics programs or games that run full screen.  Even
Notepad and winecfg cause the flashing effect when they load.  To be more
precise, I was using Wine 1.1.9 on Ubuntu 8.04 and this bug did not exist.  I
have since upgraded both my OS and Wine to the most current versions.

Thanks for looking into this.

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

--- Comment #6 from Rahim   2009-01-06 17:07:33 ---
OK, I installed Wine 1.1.9 on my Ubuntu 8.10 system, and the flashing problem
is still here.... Any tips on what I can do to fix this on the Ubuntu side?

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #7 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-01-08 01:05:54 ---
It's a known bug in the xrandr interface of X drivers. Search bugs for
duplicates first.

[Bug 16826] Irritating screen flicker during app load

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16826

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #8 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2009-01-08 01:06:06 ---
Closing invalid.