Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon and display flickering

When I upgraded to Linux Mint 19.1 with Cinnamon, I encountered a problem that my screen flickered immediately after logging in.  Others encountered the same problem (here).
I found that the solution proposed there, i.e., to delete the line
CLUTTER_PAINT=disable-clipped-redraws:disable-culling
from the file
/etc/environment
worked for me.  Logging out and back in after that change gave me a stable display.