Random screen flickering with Minecraft and Intel graphics
I am using a system with Intel HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy bridge) and I have a little problem when playing Minecraft. Sometimes, my screen flashes blue, but only for a second every once in a while. Every 10 seconds or so, I see the flash. It only happens when I move or shortly after I move. If I stay absolutely still, it never happens. It happens with both OpenJDK 7 and Oracle Java 8. I have checked the X11 logs and have not found anything strange. I have experimented with every Minecraft setting but have yet to find anything that works. Also, I have noticed that the flickering does not happen if I make the window small. What is going on?
13 Answers
Try this simple solution before reinstalling/changing drivers/changing java runtime/settings/etc.
Resize the Minecraft window to be just a little less than fullscreen. This solved the screen flashing problem for me, running Minecraft on Ubuntu.
2Install Intel drivers for Ubuntu: it will solve your problem and you will see an fps improvement.
3I had the same issue running Minecraft while Compiz was running (it was fine before I started using Compiz). I lowered the maximum framerate in Minecraft from 60 FPS to 30 FPS and it seems to have gone away.
