Hi Jonathan,
* Jonathan Gray wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 09:10:22AM +0200, Matthias Schmidt wrote:
> > >Synopsis: Display flickers upon touchpad movement
> > >Environment:
> > System : OpenBSD 7.2
> > Details : OpenBSD 7.2 (GENERIC.MP) #720: Sun Sep 11 15:41:58 MDT
> > 2022
> >
> > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
> >
> > Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
> > Machine : amd64
> > >Description:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed a regression between 7.2-beta from Sept 6 and the current
> > snapshot.
> > As soon as I move the mouse with the trackpad the screen flickers. It does
> > not
> > happen if I use the keyboard. With all other snapshots before I never had
> > that
> > issue. I made a video for demonstration purposes:
> >
> > https://xosc.org/misc/flickr.mp4
> >
> > [ At first, I move the mouse, then type on the keyboard and the screen
> > stops flickering, then switch to Firefox, move the mouse again and the
> > screen again starts to flicker ]
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> >
> > Upgrade to latest snapshot on this type of machine.
> >
> > >Fix:
> > Dunno.
>
> some defaults for power saving features recently changed
>
> does this diff change what you see?
Indeed, this fixes the issue for me. No more flickering here.
Cheers and thanks a lot for the fast response!
Matthias
