Just informing about testing results: I also have Intel Haswell graphics and Timo's fix helped me. Using XBMC for a week with Timo's fix and no problems. Tearing is gone. No side effects observed.
P.S. Thanks a lot Timo! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libsdl1.2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280665 Title: libsdl1.2 always uses backingstore which causes tearing in modern X servers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libsdl/+bug/1280665/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
