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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Code:
      *-display               
           description: VGA compatible controller
           product: Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
           vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
           physical id: 0
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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    That first one showed your GPU, and the short list showed your memory and CPU. Run these for more details on your memory and CPU.

    Code:
    sudo lshw -c memory
    sudo lshw -c processor
    (Don't know why they weren't there the first time. Maybe the beginning of the output was cut off?)
    Jane, stop this crazy thing!

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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    No idea. If it was an error on my end, I apologize.

    Code:
      *-firmware              
           description: BIOS
           vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
           physical id: 0
           version: F2
           date: 06/07/2010
           size: 128KiB
           capacity: 960KiB
           capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
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           description: L1 cache
           physical id: a
           slot: Internal Cache
           size: 128KiB
           capacity: 128KiB
           capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
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           description: L3 cache
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           slot: External Cache
           size: 512KiB
           capacity: 512KiB
           capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
      *-cache
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           slot: Internal Cache
           size: 128KiB
           capacity: 128KiB
           capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
      *-memory
           description: System Memory
           physical id: 27
           slot: System board or motherboard
           size: 6GiB
         *-bank:0
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              width: 64 bits
              clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
         *-bank:1
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              physical id: 1
              slot: A1
              size: 2GiB
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
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              size: 2GiB
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
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              description: DIMM 1066 MHz (0.9 ns) [empty]
              physical id: 3
              slot: A3
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
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      *-cpu                   
           description: CPU
           product: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
           vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
           physical id: 4
           bus info: cpu@0
           version: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
           slot: Socket M2
           size: 800MHz
           capacity: 3200MHz
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 200MHz
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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Quote Originally Posted by newb85 View Post
    Well I'm befuddled. On second thought, that list seems to exclude your CPU, GPU, and RAM. (At the very least, they're not categorized normally.)
    Yes, I suspect that those things were out the top of the terminal somehow. They are not there, anyway.

    Edit: scratch that. Somehow or other a couple of post didn't show up here until after I had posted that.

    That machine looks to me like it shouldn't be having problems with resources...
    Last edited by audiomick; November 29th, 2012 at 12:56 AM.
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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Quote Originally Posted by audiomick View Post
    That machine looks to me like it shouldn't be having problems with resources...
    That's what I've been saying. So it's a software problem. As I see, this flickering happens whenever underneath the launcher there is something that's moving (download manager progress, install progress, video).

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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Quote Originally Posted by Thee View Post
    That's what I've been saying. So it's a software problem. As I see, this flickering happens whenever underneath the launcher there is something that's moving (download manager progress, install progress, video).
    Have you installed the ATI driver?

    I can't remember where it is in Ubuntu 12.10, but there is a program already installed that offers to download and install any additional drivers for you. If you haven't already used that, then you should do so or you will have low/no 3d performance and low video playback acceleration
    I try to treat the cause, not the symptom. I avoid the terminal in instructions, unless it's easier or necessary. My instructions will work within the Ubuntu system, instead of breaking or subverting it. Those are the three guarantees to the helpee.

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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Quote Originally Posted by 3rdalbum View Post
    I can't remember where it is in Ubuntu 12.10,...
    I don't have 12.10 on any of my machines yet, but I think it is in system settings> software. I read that somewhere here, I think.
    Last edited by audiomick; November 29th, 2012 at 10:14 AM.
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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Grabbing "Software Sources" from the Dash and going to the tab about drivers works too, I think. (At least I think I remember reading that Software Sources had been made available at the Dash again, and that Jockey's functionality had been moved to a tab there.)
    Jane, stop this crazy thing!

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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    Quote Originally Posted by 3rdalbum View Post
    Have you installed the ATI driver?
    Yes I did. I play the games just fine. Even the Windows ones.


    Maybe it's a driver related problem?
    Last edited by Thee; November 29th, 2012 at 12:51 PM.

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    Re: Unity launcher flickering

    I had the same problem, And since no solution was posted here i thought someone may be helped if i post what solved it for me.

    Disable "Fading windows" in CCSM

    Link to the post that helped me.

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