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archlinuxscrub

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Registered: 2014-06-15

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i3 horizontal lines

Hello everyone.

I recently made the switch from KDE to i3. Everything works well so far, except the fact that sometimes, when I'm scrolling, I get an horizontal line on my screen (kinda like flickering). If I scroll again, the line will be gone, but it will appear later on. Has anyone had a similar issue?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: i3 horizontal lines

Hello archlinuxscrub, welcome to Arch
It may be tearing... Do you have a compositor running?

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archlinuxscrub

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Registered: 2014-06-15

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Re: i3 horizontal lines

Hello archlinuxscrub, welcome to Arch
It may be tearing... Do you have a compositor running?

Thanks .

I don't think I have a compositor running.

BTW I just noticed that the problem is more visible when I go on youtube (dunno if that helps).

Last edited by archlinuxscrub (2014-06-15 15:07:30)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: i3 horizontal lines

Yeah try compton from the AUR...
Start it from ~/.i3/config:

exec compton --backend glx --vsync opengl-swc

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