From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Jackson Subject: Re: Fighting tearing Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:17:34 -0400 Message-ID: <504E129E.4000005@redhat.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 404B89EED8 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:17:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Roberth_Sjon=F8y?= Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On 9/9/12 11:48 AM, Roberth Sjon=F8y wrote: > WIth UXA, rendering of the windows in my XFCE4-desktop goes just > fines, good performance, windows (exspecially GTK+) doesn't hang after > if I drag them over the screen, but there is lot of small tearing. > And I want this to go away, I do not use any kind of composition, and > I am using XFCEs window manager. So use a compositor. X's rendering model, in the absence of a = compositor, has no concept of vsync. It's simply not possible to not tear. - ajax