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So I have been toying with lots of different drivers, Display Environments, and Wayland for ~2 weeks now. No matter what I try, I always get screen tearing when using X, and when I try to use Wayland, it will crash immediately. I am using GNOME and gdm. Luckily, it wasn't all for nothing, as I have gotten a general idea of the problem with X, although Wayland is still a mystery. I wasn't very familiar with X screens and such, and I have figured out that one X screen is used for both of my monitors. I tried adding a second X screen through the nvidia-settings tool, and my main monitor was tear-free. The issue was that GNOME didn't recognize that the other screen existed. I have scoured the forums and lots of places online, but I haven't really gotten a solution yet. From what I can see, it seems as though the extra horizontal width that the second monitor adds throws off the refresh rate of the whole X screen. I imagine that there must be some way to separate them, so that they are rendered separately. I came to my conclusion mainly because all tearing I have observed has been parallel with my second monitor. I have tried everything possible when it comes to VSync configurations, but it just doesn't help. If there is any more information you need, just ask. Thanks in advance!
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