Bug 438288 – Window Tearing

• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description heiheiwc 2012-10-14 05:26:57 UTC]

Window tears when I drag a window and move it quickly.
I'm using Gnome-2.32.1 and my video card is Intel Sandy Bridge.

[Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) 2012-10-14 18:16:07 UTC]

First, please provide the following information:
the output of "emerge --info xorg-server mesa xf86-video-intel"; kernel version; whether window tearing affects all windows, or only some applications; whether window tearing happens only in gnome-2 when using metacity, or also under other non-composited window managers (e.g. fluxbox).

Second, consider switching to a composited window manager. If you want to stick with gnome-2, try x11-wm/compiz. Or try xfce-base/xfwm4 with USE=xcomposite from xfce4. You may also want to update to gnome-3 (you will need to set unstable ACCEPT_KEYWORDS).

[Comment 2 heiheiwc 2012-10-14 22:52:58 UTC]

emerge --info xorg-server mesa xf86-video-intel

Portage 2.1.11.9 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.5.4, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.4.9-gentoo x86_64)
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                         System Settings
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System uname: Linux-3.4.9-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i3-2330M_CPU_@_2.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:15:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p37
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.9
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.27.1
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:          0.9.8.4
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.5
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.68
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.6
sys-devel/binutils:       2.22-r1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.5.4
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4-r1
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r3
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.4-r2 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.15-r2
Repositories: gentoo
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.163.com/gentoo/"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.cn.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avx bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cjk cli colord consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif faac fam firefox flac fortran g3dvl gdbm gif gnome gnome-keyring gnome-online-accounts gstreamer gtk iconv jpeg laptop lcms ldap libnotify mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib musicbrainz nautilus ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pppd pulseaudio readline samba sdl session socialweb spell sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vaapi vim-syntax vorbis wxwidgets x264 xa xcb xinerama xml xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc multiboot" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev mouse keyboard synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="x86_64 i386" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="x86_64 i386" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel i915 i965 radeon r600" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

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                        Package Settings
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x11-base/xorg-server-1.12.2 was built with the following:
USE="kdrive (multilib) nptl udev xorg -dmx -doc -ipv6 -minimal (-selinux) -static-libs -tslib -xnest -xvfb"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,lazy"


media-libs/mesa-8.0.4-r1 was built with the following:
USE="classic egl g3dvl gallium llvm (multilib) nptl shared-glapi xa xvmc -bindist -debug -gbm -gles1 -gles2 -openvg -osmesa -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -shared-dricore -vdpau (-wayland)" VIDEO_CARDS="i915 i965 intel r600 radeon -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -vmware"


x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.19.0 was built with the following:
USE="dri (multilib) sna (-glamor)"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,lazy"

[Comment 3 heiheiwc 2012-10-14 22:58:37 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> First, please provide the following information:
> the output of "emerge --info xorg-server mesa xf86-video-intel"; kernel
> version; whether window tearing affects all windows, or only some
> applications; whether window tearing happens only in gnome-2 when using
> metacity, or also under other non-composited window managers (e.g. fluxbox).
> 
> Second, consider switching to a composited window manager. If you want to
> stick with gnome-2, try x11-wm/compiz. Or try xfce-base/xfwm4 with
> USE=xcomposite from xfce4. You may also want to update to gnome-3 (you will
> need to set unstable ACCEPT_KEYWORDS).

Thanks for replying. I'v added the emerge --info information just now. And I tried fluxbox and openbox, window tearing also appears when moved fast, Just like metacity.

[Comment 4 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2012-10-15 17:40:11 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Thanks for replying. I'v added the emerge --info information just now. And I
> tried fluxbox and openbox, window tearing also appears when moved fast, Just
> like metacity.

Please try a *composited* window manager. fluxbox and openbox are *not* composited window managers.

Cheers

[Comment 5 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2014-02-18 23:04:45 UTC]

Per last comment, that was over a year ago.