What causes this weird tearing issue? Pic inside [SOLVED]

road hazard · 09-21-2016, 07:51 PM

http://imgur.com/a/iKeaz

I've seen this weird tearing issue ALL THE TIME with Linux. Whether I'm in FireFox scrolling a page, in gedit scrolling through a long txt file or watching a movie and the camera pans up/down or the person in the frame moves up/down..... this weird, freaking tearing issue appears. I'm running Mint (but have seen it with ALL the distros I've tried) and using the latest, proprietary NVidia drivers for my gfx card.

What is it? What causes it? How do I get rid of it?

I play a few games via Steam on my Mint install and oddly enough, I don't see this issue when gaming. What gives?

UPDATE: Problem solved. Answer was: http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles...vidia-try-this Adding: { ForceCompositionPipeline = On } to xorg.conf did the trick.

frankbell · 09-21-2016, 08:06 PM

More information would help, such as:

What make model/computer? What version of Mint? What desktop environment? What is specific graphics chipset?

The more detail you provide, the easier it will be for others to help you.

My best guess is that it has something to do with the NVidia graphics, but I don't know enough to hazard anything beyond that.

Emerson · 09-21-2016, 08:13 PM

There are options to pass to nvidia blob to get rid of tearing, requires reading nVidia documentation in /usr/share/.

Shadow_7 · 09-21-2016, 10:56 PM

You probably have some sync issues. Freesync versus Gsync, amd versus nvidia, change monitors and the issue might go away. Disable some proprietary feature and it should go away. Or use a browser that actually uses GPU acceleration.

Habitual · 09-22-2016, 06:10 AM

Mint terminal >

Code:

inxi -c0 -Fsz | pastebin

paste the url please.

I have "mint" is = "I haz toaster"
Versions!?

How was the vid driver installed in Mint, exactly?

road hazard · 09-22-2016, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

More information would help, such as:

What make model/computer? What version of Mint? What desktop environment? What is specific graphics chipset?

The more detail you provide, the easier it will be for others to help you.

My best guess is that it has something to do with the NVidia graphics, but I don't know enough to hazard anything beyond that.

Generic PC. i5 3570K. 12 gigs of RAM.

Linux Mint 18 (64bit) Mate desktop

NVidia GTX 670

NVidia driver v367.44

Monitor is an LG L227WTG hooked up via DVI

road hazard · 09-22-2016, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

Mint terminal >

Code:

inxi -c0 -Fsz | pastebin

paste the url please.

I have "mint" is = "I haz toaster"
Versions!?

How was the vid driver installed in Mint, exactly?

https://gist.github.com/00a2d8cc18bc...45bb6c3c6cae82

I installed the drivers like this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367 nvidia-settings

Rebooted my machine and done.

Thanks

Habitual · 09-22-2016, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by road hazard

[url]
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367 nvidia-settings

Are those from here?
Have you tried the XOrg driver (default) or the recommended in Driver Manager prior to 367?

Please let us know,

Thank you.

road hazard · 09-22-2016, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

Are those from here?
Have you tried the XOrg driver (default) or the recommended in Driver Manager prior to 367?

Please let us know,

Thank you.

Yes, I believe that's the web site I pulled my steps from.

I tried the open sources drivers and the recommended ones from the Mint Driver manager and no matter what, same end result.

road hazard · 09-22-2016, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow_7

You probably have some sync issues. Freesync versus Gsync, amd versus nvidia, change monitors and the issue might go away. Disable some proprietary feature and it should go away. Or use a browser that actually uses GPU acceleration.

Since I see the problem with text editors and watching videos, I think it's bigger than a browser issue. I'd rather not spend $500 for a G-Sync monitor. I'm confident it's a software issue since I don't see this problem when I'm booted into Windows doing the same things.

road hazard · 09-22-2016, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

There are options to pass to nvidia blob to get rid of tearing, requires reading nVidia documentation in /usr/share/.

I'll dig through the documentation, thanks for the tip!

road hazard · 09-22-2016, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

Are those from here?
Have you tried the XOrg driver (default) or the recommended in Driver Manager prior to 367?

Please let us know,

Thank you.

I found this link on the Googles and will try some of these tips when I get home: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...oblem-in-linux

EDIT: Found some more links that discuss this problem:

http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles...vidia-try-this

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=224942
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...174237#p906436
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=217836

Really looks like this: ForceCompositionPipeline = On ....... will fix my problem.

mybrothersentme · 09-22-2016, 09:29 AM

Okay, I don't run Mint, BUT Mint 18 is built on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). But I had a similar problem. So, I'm not entirely sure this will work, but, maybe you could give it a try. It really will depend on whether Mint retains the ability to use some Ubuntu commands.

Open terminal command line - no sudo needed and can run from your home directory:

ubuntu-drivers devices | grep recommended

Also, if you aren't familiar with grep, it may look like it isn't doing anything for a few seconds. Wait for it... It should return something like this:

driver : nvidia-3xx.yy - distro non-free recommended

What it returns should be the optimal driver for your card with Ubuntu. Since nVidia drivers do not auto un-install a previous version, so you can get major conflicts unless you purge old one before installing correct one. So run the following to purge the old driver and autoinstall the one you came up with when you ran the previous commands:

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Might solve your problem. Have used it on an OLD nVidia card with success and a recent one with success. Success of ALL of the above will depend on updating Mint regularly. (I check for System updates daily) You must also do a reload of your repositories using Synaptic or whatever S/W manager you use before you run the previous commands or you probably won't get the latest recommended. Hope any of this works for you. I'm not sure if the Nouveau X.org driver is available to you on your desktop, but if you don't specifically need the nVidia driver, that also is an option. I had to go with the nVidia drivers because I have STEAM installed.

yes, I play Hacknet... And I know it's not real like Mr. Robot. :-)

Habitual · 09-22-2016, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mybrothersentme

Okay, I don't run Mint, BUT Mint 18 is built on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). But I had a similar problem. So, I'm not entirely sure this will work, but, maybe you could give it a try. It really will depend on whether Mint retains the ability to use some Ubuntu commands.

Open terminal command line - no sudo needed and can run from your home directory:

ubuntu-drivers devices | grep recommended

Also, if you aren't familiar with grep, it may look like it isn't doing anything for a few seconds. Wait for it... It should return something like this:

driver : nvidia-3xx.yy - distro non-free recommended

What it returns should be the optimal driver for your card with Ubuntu. Since nVidia drivers do not auto un-install a previous version, so you can get major conflicts unless you purge old one before installing correct one. So run the following to purge the old driver and autoinstall the one you came up with when you ran the previous commands:

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Might solve your problem. Have used it on an OLD nVidia card with success and a recent one with success. Success of ALL of the above will depend on updating Mint regularly. (I check for System updates daily) You must also do a reload of your repositories using Synaptic or whatever S/W manager you use before you run the previous commands or you probably won't get the latest recommended. Hope any of this works for you. I'm not sure if the Nouveau X.org driver is available to you on your desktop, but if you don't specifically need the nVidia driver, that also is an option. I had to go with the nVidia drivers because I have STEAM installed.

yes, I play Hacknet... And I know it's not real like Mr. Robot. :-)

Ack, My eyes!

Interesting and awesome tips.
I am out of here. Sorry.