Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #600178
  2. Comment #75

Comment 75 for bug 600178

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In , dack (dack) wrote :

See Ubuntu bug report for more details: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/600178

There is extremely bad tearing with both nouveau and nvidia proprietary driver. Tearing is present even without using a compositing window manager. The only way I've been able to stop the tearing is to do something like:

Section "Extensions"
 Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

I'm not sure which component is at fault (XGL, composite, nouveau?).

I have tested both nvidia driver and nouveau under unity, classic, and classic (no effects). Changing driver makes no difference. Single or dual display makes no difference.