[SOLVED] screen tearing

medo tareq · 2015-05-16 09:15:10

That was my problem :

(Iam using xfce4 Env ,i noticed that on Firefox: a something like blurred horizontal line while scrolling that wasn't exist before in gnome or kde)

actually the tearing is overall the system not in firefox only , but it was noticed much more there

the solution is Intel_graphics_wiki

and applying this section "Tear-free video"

that's all

Last edited by medo tareq (2015-05-16 14:56:07)

dice · 2015-05-16 09:47:17

Sounds like a screen tearing issue. Disabling smooth-scrolling might help.

WorMzy · 2015-05-16 09:50:14

Hi medo tareq, I'm not sure what your question is (there doesn't seem to be one). Please read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.

That said, I think that you're trying to describe screen tearing?

If that's the case, you may have some success using an opengl compositor (such as compton).

Mod note: moving to NC.

medo tareq · 2015-05-16 14:16:25

actually compton doesn't work(added more options but didn't solve the problem) and yes it called screen tearing

and this Intel_graphics_wiki solved the problem

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WorMzy · 2015-05-16 14:31:37

What options did you try with compton?

In particular, did you try any of the --vsync options? You may also need to run it with '--backend glx' to force it to use the OpenGL backend rather than xrender.

medo tareq wrote:

this Intel_graphics_wiki solved the problem

Great. Please remember to mark your thread as [SOLVED].

If you could elaborate on what the problem was, and which part of that page addressed the problem, that'd be great.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … way_street

Last edited by WorMzy (2015-05-16 14:34:25)

medo tareq · 2015-05-16 14:33:38

WorMzy wrote:

What options did you try with compton?
In particular, did you try any of the --vsync options? You may also need to run it with '--backend glx' to force it to use the OpenGL backend rather than xrender.

i tried the solution (my previous reply) , a question please.... which solution is better using compton or the wiki's one?

WorMzy · 2015-05-16 14:37:17

I've updated my post too.

I can't say for sure which solution is better, because I don't know enough about the problem, or the solution you've used. But you can always experiment with the options available to you and see what works best for you.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-05-16 15:48:29

medo tareq wrote:

which solution is better using compton or the wiki's one?

I have tried both with my Intel HD4600 and I find that the "tear free" option in an xorg configuration file works better at removing all traces of tearing; YMMV.

kokoko3k · 2015-05-16 15:59:33

Depending on the hardware, "tearfree" introduces an overhead, so the performance may be a little lower.
The good of using a compositor (which of course has an overhead too) is that you often can disable and enable it without restarting the whole Xorg server when you really need some extra fps...

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