D. R. Evans wrote:
More info:
The background doesn't flicker at all. What is flickering are the panel
and the default icons on the desktop, many times a second.
If I succeed in bringing up the TDE menu (which, if I click enough times,
eventually does appear when I succeed in timing a click at a moment when
the desktop is accepting input), then the flickering stops for as long as
the menu is visible.
Really hoping for some helpful suggestions. I really, really, really,
don't want to give up and use KDE5.
Try the tderandrtray and set better resolution to match your screen.
flickering comes from many possible places but most often is the requency