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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #377090 (dri2-swapbuffers)
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 377090

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Eric Appleman (erappleman) wrote : Re: [i945gm] (Needs kernel 2.6.31) DRI2 swapbuffers

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