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Hi.. Bunsenlabs is a great program, in spite of that, I notice on my HP notebook a flickering of the screen, when I select an item in the menu. For about 2 seconds..
I don t have this with other Linux distro s or in the Windows 10 OS. So it is not my laptop.
Any ideas and suggestions are most welcome!
You can also write to my emailaddress: [REDACTED]
Thanks so much
Hans
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Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-13 06:55:48)
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Hello hstam, welcome to the forums
What is your graphics hardware?
The output of this command will give us the information we need:
lspci -knn | grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'
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Hi, Thanks for your reply..
My details:
Naam AMD Radeon HD 7340 Graphics
PNP-apparaat-id PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9808&SUBSYS_18D4103C&REV_00\3&2411E6FE&0&08
Adaptertype AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9808), compatibel met Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Beschrijving AMD Radeon HD 7340 Graphics
RAM-geheugen 384,00 MB (402.653.184 bytes)
Geïnstalleerde stuurprogramma's aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Versie van stuurprogramma 15.201.1151.0
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OK, that's good but I really need to see the output of this command:
LC_ALL=C lspci -knn | grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'
I cannot help you until I see that information.
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hstam@HP:~$ LC_ALL=C lspci -knn | grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 7340] [1002:9808]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:18d4]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
hstam@HP:~$
Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-13 13:21:51)
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Thanks!
Does the flickering only occur when you use the Openbox menu or does it happen at other times?
Does the flickering still happen if you disable the compositor:
pkill compton
(Or use the provided menu entry)
You could try changing the graphics driver to the newer amdgpu version, this should offer much better performance (better even than the proprietary "fglrx"/Catalyst types).
First add the jessie-backports repository by using this command:
sudo apt edit-sources
Then add this line to the file that is opened:
deb http://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org jessie-backports main contrib non-free
Once the file is saved, update the package database:
sudo apt update
And install the new packages:
sudo apt install -t jessie-backports xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu firmware-linux-nonfree libgl1-mesa-dri
Finally, reboot to load the new video drivers.
Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see if amdgpu is being loaded, if not then purge the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and reboot again.
Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-13 13:51:50)
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Hi..
Strange! or maybe not.. I did a clean installation of Bunsenlabs and when I came home and started Bunsenlabs again and reading your comment, I did some tests, but no flickering anymore, in the program where ever.. So I will examine if this will be permanently, if not, I will write you again.. and/or follow your instructions above.
Till now thanks so much for the help.
I am really happy with this distro, fast, clean, it works!
What I like to remove, if possible is the system info on the main screen.
And I am looking for some more background wallpapers, I have downloaded it with the update, but It would be nice if there is a bit more choice..
thanks again.. Hans
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What I like to remove, if possible is the system info on the main screen
Edit the file at ~/.config/openbox/autostart (this controls all the programs that are started when you log in) and remove this line:
bl-conky-session --autostart &
https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-co … ostart#L74
Then kill conky in the current session with:
pkill conky
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Thanks for the information and instructions about the conky, I did and it is away!
If there are suggestions to get more wallpapers, backgrounds for Bunsenlabs, I would be happy,
About the flickering, I just clicked on synaptic packet manager after systems and I got that flickering, also before typing the password. Typing then the password and given Enter, I also have that flickering again..
Hans
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Does the flickering still happen if you disable the compositor:
pkill compton
(Or use the provided menu entry)
For wallpapers, install https://www.bunsenlabs.org/repoidx.html … ages-extra
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Yes, also after disable the compositor..
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Can we see the full output of:
xrandr
Perhaps the monitor refresh rate is wrong, compare the information in the output with what Windows sets for that monitor.
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hstam@HP:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 256mm x 144mm
1366x768 60.02*+
1280x720 59.86
1152x768 59.78
1024x768 59.92
800x600 59.86
848x480 59.66
720x480 59.71
640x480 59.38
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
hstam@HP:~$
Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-13 17:09:18)
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@hstam Suggested reading .... Getting Started >> Introduction to the BunsenLabs Desktop
Be Excellent to Each Other...
The Bunsenlabs Lithium Desktop » Here
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60Hz seems about right so it can't be that (check with Windows though, just in case).
You could try the new xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu graphics driver backport, the original seems to work well in my new Debian stretch system.
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Yes I have no problems with Windows 10, no flickering at all, so it is not my HP notebook.
It is something else in the Bunsenlabs.. Till now nobody has a solution.
but maybe Damo has a better remark then reading the Getting started.
Hans
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I have no problems with Windows 10, no flickering at all
What is the display refresh rate reported by Windows 10?
Does that match the value set by BunsenLabs?
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Y....
but maybe Damo has a better remark then reading the Getting started.Hans
Because it may answer basic questions about the system monitor, panel, wallpapers, display, themes etc
Be Excellent to Each Other...
The Bunsenlabs Lithium Desktop » Here
FORUM RULES and posting guidelines «» Help page for forum post formatting
Artwork on DeviantArt «» BunsenLabs on DeviantArt
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I have no dual OS so I don t know the refresh rate of Windows at this moment.
The problem Damo is the flickering, not the basic questions of wallpapers etc..
I have installed Windows 10 on this same notebook, no problems at all!
After that I did the install for Bunsenlabs using the whole harddisk.. and problems with flickering..
I have installed on this HP notebook so many other distros like linux mint 18, ubuntu, pclinux, Bodhi, Zorin etc etc.. but never flickering, using this same notebook with the same hardware.
So the problem is not the notebook, the problem is Bunsenlabs.. on this notebook..
Hans
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So the problem is not the notebook
You could confirm this for certain by performing an extended test in the "live" environment of another distribution — if they do not suffer the problem then see what `xrandr` says for that desktop.
It is possible (but unlikely) that your hardware could have developed a problem between installing Windows and then wiping the drive to install BunsenLabs, the above test will eliminate that from our investigations.
Is there anything printed to ~/.xsession-errors after the flickering?
What about in the output of:
journalctl -xe # please *do not* post the output of this command, just check if any *new* lines are added after the flickering
/var/log/Xorg.0.log may also have some clues.
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