Radeon X.Org Driver Still Trying To Eliminate Tearing, Adds TearFree Option

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Radeon X.Org Driver Still Trying To Eliminate Tearing, Adds TearFree Option

In trying to reduce/eliminate visible tearing on the screen, the xf86-video-ati driver is preparing to introduce a new TearFree X.Org option...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X.Org-Radeon-TearFree

[birdie]

It's great to see that bits and pieces of long-standing Linux problems are finally being addressed.

Alas, the paramount issues are not on anyone's radar.

[ua=42]

Finally. I will enable this when it come about.

[sandain]

Phoronix: Radeon X.Org Driver Still Trying To Eliminate Tearing, Adds TearFree Option

In trying to reduce/eliminate visible tearing on the screen, the xf86-video-ati driver is preparing to introduce a new TearFree X.Org option...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...adeon-TearFree

Isn't the modesetting driver already tear-free? I switched over to using the modesetting driver when I installed xorg 1.17, and find my user experience much better for it. Drop the -ati driver already, it is not needed any more.

[dungeon]

It's great to see that bits and pieces of long-standing Linux problems are finally being addressed.

Alas, the paramount issues are not on anyone's radar.

Birdie, don't be troll in the sky

[Calinou]

It's great to see that bits and pieces of long-standing Linux problems are finally being addressed.

Alas, the paramount issues are not on anyone's radar.

It's not like that person is the most reliable source of information ever found.

[bibaheu]

I use a HD5770 with two monitors, one of them rotated.
In the rotated one, the tearing is horrible. Meanwhile the main monitor is perfect. It's nice they are fixing a problem I didn't report

[profoundWHALE]

It's great to see that bits and pieces of long-standing Linux problems are finally being addressed.

Alas, the paramount issues are not on anyone's radar.

Birdie, regarding that link, the OS that Linux is compared to (regarding things like recovery after display failures and such) have a hybrid kernel that they are running which has quite a bit to do with the good recovery. I'm not suggesting that seL4 + Linux will fix everything, but it makes it easier for things like recovery.

[yash]

All tear free DEs?
That'd be great, cuz radeon+compiz is already tear-free. I setup my first compiz-standalone desktop in this Jan and was surprised to not see tearing anywhere
I even played those 'tearing test' videos and could not find single tearing untill I switched to Catalyst.
I see lot of tearing now (compared to none xD), I hope AMD does something of their catalyst as well.

Also, I'd love xf86-video-ati to have a GUI configuration tool. Like the one in catalyst.

[eydee]

Desktop: tearing
Games: forced vsync

Currently they know exactly how NOT to do it...