DWM screen not clearing even after closing window

vipinbalakrishnan · 2019-06-30 06:45:38

I am starting DWM using SDDM . Following list of configuration i am using

sudo cat /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/dwmscript
DesktopNames=DWM
Name=DWM
Comment=DWM by suckless

cat /usr/bin/dwmscript

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
   xsetroot -name "$( date + "%F %I:%M %p" )"
   sleep 10
done &
exec dwm

No patches applied. When i open a window and close a window using shift+alt+q. Window will get close . But i am able to see the screenshot kind image of the previous window (screen tearing). How do i clear this, I mean screen is not clearing the closed window. or I am missing something?

But after this i install xcompmgr
and added xcompmgr in the starting of script . I don't find any screen tearing.

#!/bin/bash
xcompmgr -f -l 0.038 -o 0.040 -D 3 -F -C -n &
while true; do
   xsetroot -name "$( date + "%F %I:%M %p" )"
   sleep 10
done &
exec dwm

But when i add directly at .xinitrc i don't need to use xcompmgr and no screen tearing. What is the difference between these 3 approach?
1. using xsession wiithout xcompmgr ==> Getting screen tearing.
2. using .xinitrc to start dwm no screen tearing
3. using xsession with xcompmgr not screen tearing.
I don't want to use xcompmgr to fix tearing problem. Because it will clear my status bar. Please let me know what is the real issue here

Last edited by vipinbalakrishnan (2019-06-30 11:26:22)

ackt1c · 2019-06-30 16:20:52

Good Luck

Last edited by ackt1c (2022-11-05 12:34:32)

vipinbalakrishnan · 2019-07-01 04:51:18

Can you share your compton setting? What all the argument you used?

Last edited by vipinbalakrishnan (2019-07-01 04:51:35)

jasonwryan · 2019-07-01 05:01:03

Maybe try reading the wiki and stop looking to have your hand held:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … figuration

Arch Linux

#1 2019-06-30 06:45:38

DWM screen not clearing even after closing window

#2 2019-06-30 16:20:52

Re: DWM screen not clearing even after closing window

#3 2019-07-01 04:51:18

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