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If printer was my only problem with linux desktops, I'd be so happy. My terminal and/or browser windows will randomly flicker a few times a day, for no apparen
by dmoy 8y ago
If printer was my only problem with linux desktops, I'd be so happy.
My terminal and/or browser windows will randomly flicker a few times a day, for no apparent reason. Nothing stops this short of a restart. Oh yea, and then when my computer restarts, sometimes half the screen is strobing. This is persistent across monitors and apparently video cards.
Sometimes moving my mouse across a terminal or browser window will cause it to flicker a lot.
Last week one computer stopped responding to input devices (ssh was still fine).
Half the games I play don't work on linux, without resorting to some very ambitious scripting and configuration. And even then, most of them don't really work, due to performance issues. Don't even get me started on the joystick :\
It's a lot better than it used to be, for instance my second monitor doesn't randomly go completely haywire anymore. And audio kinda mostly works usually.
Same hardware on Windows though? No problems at all.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoSounds like you need intel graphics.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoYeah, because nothing says "I'm a real computer operating system" like forcing the user to use the weakest GPUs on the market.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoIt's the manufacturers fault they (might) not have invested in their drivers. Intel is strongest in power savings, drivers, and generally not having to give a shit. Depends what you care about, Mr. Idiot.
- dmoy 8y agoFor at least one of the boxes it isn't an option because the xeon chip doesn't have a gpu inside it. So, separate video card only.
- mg794613 8y agoI had the flicker on my monitors, switching from 60hz to 59hz stopped. Maybe give that a try?
- dmoy 8y agoIt's not a whole monitor flicker. Just specific windows flicker. Like my terminal will suddenly strobe at 10Hz+.
- JdeBP 8y agoThere are all sorts of possibilities, and it isn't necessarily even the hardware. For example: I had a screen flicker that was down to something repeatedly trying to start up GNOME Shell when the desktop was not GNOME.
- dmoy 8y agoYea I'm relatively certain it isn't the hardware.