Re: flickering/screen blinking in -current

2016-10-14 Thread Mark Kettenis 
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 23:53:02 +0100
> From: Dimitris Papastamos 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:47:58PM +0100, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > In an attempt to fix video tearing in fullscreen mode I used the
> > following config in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-intel.conf
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
> > Driver  "intel"
> > Option  "Tearfree" "true"
> > EndSection
> 
> I just noticed that even if I comment out the TearFree option
> but leave the driver option set to "intel" I still experience
> weird artifacts.

There is a reason why we use the modesetting driver on Broadwell by
default.

Re: flickering/screen blinking in -current

2016-10-14 Thread Dimitris Papastamos 
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:47:58PM +0100, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In an attempt to fix video tearing in fullscreen mode I used the
> following config in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-intel.conf
> 
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
>   Driver  "intel"
>   Option  "Tearfree" "true"
> EndSection

I just noticed that even if I comment out the TearFree option
but leave the driver option set to "intel" I still experience
weird artifacts.