"Jon Fineman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I read through the two threads below which both point to the third link
> about xfwm4 composter.
> I am not sure if I have the exact same issue. While you could say my screen
> flickers - what it really
> does is randomly (to my eyes) show the desktop and then show any open apps I
> might have while hiding
> the title bar. If I click around or move the cursor around the title bar area
> it will alternate between the desktop
> and apps. If I leave the display alone every 1-4 seconds the display will
> flip.
>
> Via .xsessions turning the composter off or setting it to xpresent freezes
> the screen to show just
> the desktop. Clicking doesn't change the view or bring forward or hide any
> apps.
> However I found if I switch to a non XFCE tty and back the display will
> change to what I tried to click on.
>
> Any thoughts on what I might experiment with or investigate further?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jon
>
>
I was able to resolve this.
I turned off the compositor via the GUI.
I added this section in /etc/X11.xorg.conf to force TearFree:
Section "Device"
Identifier "graphicsdriver"
Driver "AMDGPU"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
