I have also an issue with the flickering, I don't see any warnings or errors in the logs It is not always happens, but when it happens I see it for example in Firefox, thunderbird and synaptic .
Sometimes when I resize the window, the flickering stops I have an cpu : Intel 4770k chipset : (asus) z87 memory : 32GB ram gpu : nvidia gtx 750 ti ps. I accidently added the 'affects: unity ' , I removed it , sorry for this ** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1316311 Title: Unity launcher, top panel, and window titles flicker and disappear when clicking launcher for apps that have more than one instance running on it Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04, shortly after the launch, and things were working pretty good. However, after a recent software update, the 14.04 Unity launcher, top panel, and window titles all flicker and disappear, when clicking the launcher for an application that has multiple instances running (multiple left array indicators next to launcher). The first time I click the launcher, the whole desktop flickers, blanks out, then comes back. The second time, everything but window contents disappears. In this case, the window contents are unusable, and I have to restart my laptop. This has become quite disruptive to my work day. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1316311/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp