For those who have an Intel graphics card, I found this discussion that might be relevant : http://askubuntu.com/questions/73909/screen-tearing-in-11-10-with-intel-graphics It points to another bug in launchpad : https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/755841
There is a proposed workaround for Gnome-shell. Unfortunately, it did not work for me (but I use Unity-2D and have a Core i5-650, not a Sandy Bridge) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792315 Title: screen tearing during video in unity 2d (but not ubuntu classic) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/792315/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs