Here's a rather fascinating workaround(?) that can guarantee (on my laptop at the very least) tear-free playback in MPlayer without the need for any further tricks:
gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false Kernel: 2.6.30 (2.6.31-rc1 works too!) Driver: Intel git master Mesa: git master DRM: git master DRI: git master Xorg: 1.6.1 -- [i945gm] (Needs kernel 2.6.31) DRI2 swapbuffers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377090 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is the registrant for xf86-video-intel. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
