Confirmed. Flicker / partial screen redraw every 10 seconds. Did not
occur on login screen. I notice once in KDE4 that i can see part of the
login screen's background is what's being redrawn...
Disabling randr stopped it immediately.
Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML (rev 03)
on a Dell Inspiron
WPA also fails for me on 8.10. Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05). WEP
or unsecured work fine. Point of failure seems to be at
NetworkManager: info Activation (eth1/wireless): asking for new secrets
NetworkManager: WARN get_secrets_cb(): Couldn't get connection secrets:
Requested string is