Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing [SOLVED]
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Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing [SOLVED]
hello
I have an nvidia 9600gt, no problem, nvidia driver working fine, but I always have to change the "scale method" in the desktop effects menu after the boot, otherwise, I see the tearing effect. Any idea?
I have an nvidia 9600gt, no problem, nvidia driver working fine, but I always have to change the "scale method" in the desktop effects menu after the boot, otherwise, I see the tearing effect. Any idea?
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Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
I had tearing issues with Mint 13 which no amount of tweaking would fix apart from switching between open GL2 & GL3 on every boot (strangely enough it didn't matter which I chose as long as I actually did the change!)
Switched to the open source nouveau drivers and all the tearing went away.
For me the open source drivers perform perfectly in every way apart from I now have no hdmi sound. A problem I’m happy to live with since I’ve always connected audio directly to an amplifier anyway.
Switched to the open source nouveau drivers and all the tearing went away.
For me the open source drivers perform perfectly in every way apart from I now have no hdmi sound. A problem I’m happy to live with since I’ve always connected audio directly to an amplifier anyway.
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
I don't know if the nVidia driver contains something similar but the ATI Control Center contains an option for "Tear free desktop" this option helped immensely for me.
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
Unfortunately it doesn'tTz2001 wrote:I don't know if the nVidia driver contains something similar but the ATI Control Center contains an option for "Tear free desktop" this option helped immensely for me.
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
yes, contains: http://kepkezelo.com/viewer.php?file=ul ... oaizwc.png
But I need to switch the scale method to an another after every boot, for a tear free desktop.
But I need to switch the scale method to an another after every boot, for a tear free desktop.
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
I doubt this will help tearing but try raster as the Qt graphics system, it's a *lot* faster than native. See http://userbase.kde.org/Desktop_Effects ... ics_System
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
For me the thing that helped with using the nVidia driver is this:
In the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file I had to change a line in the screen section (at the end of the file) so it looks like this:
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
No idea what this means but since then the tearing is gone. I use a GTX 760 card, but maybe this could help you as well.
In the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file I had to change a line in the screen section (at the end of the file) so it looks like this:
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }"
No idea what this means but since then the tearing is gone. I use a GTX 760 card, but maybe this could help you as well.
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Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
Hello,
try this
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=117147
or this
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322060
I have solved adding
export __GL_YIELD="USLEEP"
to /etc/profile.
try this
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=117147
or this
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322060
I have solved adding
export __GL_YIELD="USLEEP"
to /etc/profile.
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing [SOLVED]
Is there any special setting for the youtube(flash 11.2) tearing? Everything fine, except this.
Re: Linux Mint 16 KDE and nvidia - tearing
Thanks very much for posting this.Xain wrote: I have solved adding
export __GL_YIELD="USLEEP"
to /etc/profile.