Ok I was able to reproduce it. The tearing happens, because (quote) "rotation is handled by doing a blit in the server which isn't synchronised to anything."
The 'modesetting' driver should gain support for 'TearFree', but that's unlikely to happen anymore because everyone has mostly moved to Wayland already. ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => xorg-server (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1928507 Title: Screen tearing for video playback is observed after screen is rotated 180 degree in Ubuntu 20.04, Gnome Vanilla, X11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1928507/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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