Flickering screen with kernel 2.6.32

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Thanks for your reply Dale,

>> I run Fedora 12 on my IBM T60 laptop and with the last two kernel
>> releases (the two 2.6.32 ones) I have a strange problem. All is fine on
>> the laptop screen. Thought, when I connect the computer to the docking
>> station the images on the external screen are flickering. To be precise,
>> the image is stable in a small section located in the center of the
>> screen, but it is not in all the other parts. The T60 has an ATI graphic
>> card and I am using the radeon driver provided in the kernel. All works
>> fine with previous kernels (at the moment I am using the
>> 2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.i686 release).
>>
> 
> Have you tested with and without nomodeset?
>   cat /proc/cmdline

Actually using nomodeset solves the problem, thanks for suggesting this!!

> What video card?
>   lspci | grep -i video

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility
X1400

> What ati drivers?

The radeon drivers provided in the kernel (radeon kernel module, radeon
xorg driver).

Thanks again!

Best,
     Alberto

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