Yes, the "KDE bug" is related. A KDE service polls xrandr every x seconds which results in the flickering on effected machines.
-- [i915] [intrepid ] screen flickers while loading X, running xrandr or playing a video (i915) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278146 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
