vsync doesn't work, ever

[kshade]

Hi,

I'm using a notebook with an external display and (currently) the 302.11 beta drivers. Vsync never worked properly for me, not with this monitor, not with the one I had before, not with older drivers. There's always a screen region where bad, very noticeable tearing happens, no matter if it's in Firefox or a game. I'm actually quite convinced that it's on but not in sync with the display for some reason.

I've messed with TwinView on and off, doesn't help. Forced X to only recognize the external display, no dice. My current relevant configuration:

I set

export __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=1 
export __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE="DFP-1"

in my ~/.bashrc

Made an nvidia file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

Section "Device"
	Identifier "nvidia"
	Driver "nvidia"
	#Option "DynamicTwinView" "true"
	Option "NoLogo" "true"
	Option "DPMS" "1"
	Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "1"
	#Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-1"
	Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
EndSection

Anybody got an idea what's causing this? The graphics cards is a GeForce GTX 260M, the external monitor is an Eizo FS2331.

[brebs]

Disable TripleBuffer - for me, TripleBuffer stops vsync from being on.

[kshade]

Turned it off, now the tearing happens in another screen region, but it's still there.

EDIT: Looks like it works when I turn off display compositing in XFCE. Shame. Oh well.

[Gusar]

Originally Posted by kshade

EDIT: Looks like it works when I turn off display compositing in XFCE.

Oh, that's completely normal then. The XFCE compositor is xrender-based, and xrender doesn't provide vsync. You can use either no compositor or a gl compositor.

[kokoko3k]

Only gl compositor ; no compositor means tearing too.

[Gusar]

Originally Posted by kokoko3k

Only gl compositor ; no compositor means tearing too.

That's the first time I hear of it. I don't use a compositor, and I don't have tearing.

[kokoko3k]

Probably you're talking about an opengl app or an XV video inside a window or in fullscreen.
I was referring to the whole desktop (a browser scrolling a webpage, a window moving and so on.)
An opengl compositor that syncs to vblank wil fix tearing everywhere; (as a side note it seems to steal some cpu cycles too.)