Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:22:27 +0000 From: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel modesetting and tearing Message-ID: <CAECmPwvmTzaYO=9_mokOc6nebD1z-VEsyUHpsJE1dwkB%2BsM6aA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnq3eqtu.m3o.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <slrnq3eqtu.m3o.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 16:03 Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > I recently switched from an obsolescent Radeon card to the built-in > Intel HD Graphics P4600 with i915kms.ko and the modesetting driver. > That works fine, but there is very noticeable tearing whenever > something moves on-screen. If you google for it, you'll find plenty > of complaints on Linux, so this is not a FreeBSD issue. > > For MPlayer, replacing the default Xvideo with GL video output (-vo gl) > eliminates tearing. > > And as I found out just today and quite by accident, in Firefox > toggling layers.acceleration.force-enabled to true will also eliminate > all tearing, whether from soft-scrolling or when playing YouTube > videos. Hallelujah! Woot?! You mean I can use modesetting AND have tearfree Firefox? Thanks for the tip!! I will use this until I switch i3 -> Sway. > > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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