how to get rid of screen tearing on linux without the terrible

>>59403481
use gnusplashlinux from the command line
/threads

>>59403603
what

>>59403481
Its because X is very outdated and has no frame syncing
Try Wayland or WaylandX

>>59403738
why is x still used then

>>59403481
i've been using linux for ~14 years now and had to look up what screen tearing is. never had that issue

>>59403836
>he doesn't know what screen tearing is

>>59403780
Because you haven't released your improved window system yet.

>>59403481
Linux is a kernel. We need more specifics. Have you tried using a compositor like compton?

>>59403836
I'm with this guy.

Dafuq is screen tearing?

>>59403481
stop using the vesa driver ? or amd cards, dunno

>>59403917
yes and the latency is unbearable
>>59403930
>these people exist on this board
>>59404071
i'm using intel graphics

>>59404095
Try adding this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf(create if it doesn't exist):

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
   Driver      "intel"
   Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
   Option "DRI" "2"
   Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection

>>59403481
>is it because linux is shit?
bout fucking time people wake up

All jokes aside, install compton, and make it start when you log in.

>>59404257
should i install the intel driver update tool first?
>>59404420
did that, crazy high latency

>>59404451
Doesn't your package manager update drivers?
Why would you want to install driver update tool on Linux, when you have package manager?

All you have to do is install intel driver, and do what I've said before.

>>59404451
>crazy high latency
wtf do you expect on a netbook ? or do you seriously use a intel igp on anything other than a netbook ?

>>59404451
>crazy high latency
Integrated graphics are shit. That's probably one of the lightest compositors on the market. You need a new PC.

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>>59404502
i don't know, why would intel release a tool on their website?
>>59404517
>>59404559
opengl vsync causes display latency, it's not a hardware issue, that's just how it is

>>59404584
I don't think you need update tool for drivers. Just ensure xserver-xorg-video-intel package is installed.

>>59404673
oh yeah i have that

i wonder what the update tool is for then

>>59404584
For people are Linux illiterate

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>>59403481
You didn't even provided useful info about your hardware. If you have a real problem and you want actual help go to the /sqt/ or the /fglt/, ask politely and follow the rules, you’ll not get someone willing to help you in a meaningful way being passive-aggressive.

>>59403481
Example with my setup using XFCE:

Disable XFCE's desktop composition.
Install compton
Copy compton config file from here (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton#Using_a_configuration_file) and change vsync = "none"; to vsync = "opengl";.
Add compton -b to xfce's startup.

Done.

>>59404257
>>59404673
well i did it and it worked but moving windows around feels choppy like it's skipping several frames

at least there's barely no latency
>>59404950
what's -b for?

>>59404720
installing spyware and trojans

>>59404953
>man compton

>>59405004
what

>>59404953
so that it uses the config file

>>59405040
kys

>>59405054
mine always used the config file anyway
>>59405062
that's nice of you

>>59405122
yeah then you just have to add vsync="" to the config file you used

-b is just a command where you can be sure that the config file is being used. i've had problems where compton didn't use it so i had to use -b

>>59405159
>-b is just a command where you can be sure that the config file is being used
Baka! It's daemonize the command.

>>59405159
what does vsync do?

doesn't it already use vsync?

>>59404953
Wow, Intel drivers are shit. RadeonSI master race.

>>59405566
i used to use amd on linux and it's shite

don't remember radeonsi having a tearfree

>>59403836
>>59403930

Some distros don't package the GPU microcode because of freedom reasons, and this makes everything underperform even with the right drivers. Most idiots don't know about this because they couldn't dedicate a few hours to read about the distro they're using, and they end up using workarounds (like fixing it with the compositor, like >>59403917 >>59404095 >>59404950) or mistakenly believing that that's just how stuff is meant to work. I am amazed about how many people ignore this issue (much more because it's an OOTB issue that takes 20 seconds to fix), because when I fist had it I asked in /fglt/ and /sqt/ several times daily for over a week and not a single person ever mentioned it (although a lot of idiots told me to buffer my frames with the compositor kek); then I asked at a forum where people actually know GNU/Linux and the first person who replied showed me what was going on. Since then I always read the freedom policy of my distros, and I don't come to this roleplaying shithole of ignorance for advise anymore.

>>59403481
Stop using MATE. Just get GNOME, KDE or unity/zorin/pantheon. Those DEs will almost certainly not have screen tearing.