re flickering screen

[Jonas Norlander]

2008/12/6 Kevin Jones <kjb.jones at embarqmail.com>:
> dear all
> I am running KDE 4.1.3
> KWin 3.0
> I have an ATII driver (radeon 1300)
> My pc is dell inspiron xps 210
>
> I have updated my system this morning.
> All videos play back with a flickering screen. I have searched the forums
> for an answer, but I am still confused.
> Does anyone know how to stop the  flicker. It seems to affect all
> applications.
> If the solution requires me to open a terminal, could you be kind and give
> precise instructions.
>
> Thanks for your  help.
>
> Kevin Jones
>

My first guess would be KDE 4 and desktopefects. They don't play well
together (special not nvidia and ati) so first i would try disable the
desktopefects in system settings and see if that helps? If that help
look if this link can give any advice
http://userbase.kde.org/GPU-Performance

/ Jonas