Anyone know a distro that does not tear with an Intel GMA 4500M?

OllieDixon · 09-05-2015, 07:25 PM

Sick of trying. Anyone happen to know for sure?

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Head_on_a_Stick · 09-05-2015, 07:49 PM

Have you tried enabling the "TearFree" option for the i915 (Intel) driver?

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf # or any other xorg configuration file
Section "Device"
	Identifier "Intel Graphics"
	Driver "intel"
	Option "TearFree" "True"
EndSection

Alternatively, try using compton with these options:

Code:

compton --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --vsync opengl-mswc

jefro · 09-05-2015, 07:54 PM

Might just use VESA on it.

Be sure to have xorg intel driver.

Might play with these. https://01.org/linuxgraphics/community/xf86-video-intel

OllieDixon · 09-05-2015, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

Have you tried enabling the "TearFree" option for the i915 (Intel) driver?

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf # or any other xorg configuration file
Section "Device"
	Identifier "Intel Graphics"
	Driver "intel"
	Option "TearFree" "True"
EndSection

Alternatively, try using compton with these options:

Code:

compton --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --vsync opengl-mswc

I cant find the xorg.conf. :/

I tried compton once. I think on Xubuntu last year.. Remember it sort of working. But sort of sucking .. lol. I forget exactly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

Might just use VESA on it.

Be sure to have xorg intel driver.

Might play with these. https://01.org/linuxgraphics/community/xf86-video-intel

Thanks i'll check these out.

Head_on_a_Stick · 09-05-2015, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OllieDixon

I cant find the xorg.conf. :/

Create the file yourself with the content listed.

Recent versions of compton are much improved in respect of vsync.