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asdesdq

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Registered: 2022-07-08

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] Screen glitches when running an X11 session

Hello, this is my first time posting on the BBS. I recently installed Arch Linux on a ThinkPad T60, got Wi-Fi working, and it just needs a few other things to be perfect. However, when I try to run an X session, it just has a really weird glitch which a friend of mine described as like a smear glitch. I tried Plasma, LXDE, and XFCE, and all of them yielded to exact same result. On both Plasma and LXDE, the mouse showed up normally and I was even able to use Plasma, but with the obvious screen glitch. That same friend also said it's probably a driver issue, as it works perfectly in Windows. Assuming it is a driver issue, is it possible to reinstall the driver? Or to use a different driver that might work? The video card that the T60 has is an ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 if that helps.

Last edited by asdesdq (2022-07-09 04:18:09)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 868

Re: [SOLVED] Screen glitches when running an X11 session

have you read through this ? specifically the "tearfree" part, i guessing by smearing you mean tearing

asdesdq

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Registered: 2022-07-08

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Screen glitches when running an X11 session

I hadn't seen that page on the wiki before. I followed the instructions on the actual page and got the screen to work correctly! The glitching seems to be caused when I try using Wayland. There also seems to be almost some occasional white flashing on the login screen, but the actual desktop seems to be working correctly, so it's good enough for me. Thanks!

0294

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Registered: 2024-06-29

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Screen glitches when running an X11 session

sudo pacman -S mesa
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf

Section "OutputClass"
Identifier "Radeon"
MatchDriver "radeon"
Driver "radeon"
Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
Option "DRI" "3"
Option "TearFree" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "ColorTiling2D" "on"
Option "EXAVSync" "yes"
EndSection

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,726

Re: [SOLVED] Screen glitches when running an X11 session

Copying and pasting from the wiki to here isn't a good idea. Neither is necrobumping a 2 year old, solved post.

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,083

Re: [SOLVED] Screen glitches when running an X11 session

Thank you for trying to help 0294  .

Moderator Note : Closing for the mentioned reasons

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