Removed option --vsync-aggressive

[Rosalie241]

Platform

Arch Linux

Environment

Openbox

Compton version

> ~ compton --version
v6
> ~ 

Steps of reproduction

My autostart:

# Shadows and vsync
compton --vsync-aggressive &

I updated today and noticed that it isn't working anymore, it seems like the option has been removed?

Expected behavior

It should work like normally

Current Behavior

it just shows

> ~ compton --vsync-aggressive
compton: unrecognized option '--vsync-aggressive'

Why was it removed? It used to work fine

I couldn't find anything about it in the github issues, so I opened this issue.

[Rosalie241]

I discovered this: #130

however, when I try compton --vsync I still have screen tearing,

I'm on nVidia and have ForceFullCompositionPipeline set, however I still need --vsync-aggressive to fix all the tearing.

[Ropid]

In man compton, there's an option --xrender-sync-fence mentioned:

--xrender-sync-fence
Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls, to make sure all draw calls are finished before compton starts drawing. Needed on nvidia-drivers with GLX backend for some users.

Perhaps try adding it to your compton command line together with --backend glx.

[yshui]

@tim241

1. What setup do you have? Graphic card? How many monitors? Refresh rate?
2. Which backend are you using? glx or xrender?
3. What kind of tearing are you talking about?

[Rosalie241]

@yshui

Setup

1x GTX 1050 2gb with driver version 418.56
1x 1080p 60 hertz monitor

Backend

the default one when using --vsync

Tearing

General screen tearing when switching workspace/watching youtube videos that I normally dont have when using --vsync-aggressive

Extra

my intent when making this issue was rather to notify you that it broke my setup, I distro hop at times and not all distros switched to your fork, I'd like to request for the option to be re-added since it worked fine?

[yshui]

If you don't specify the backend, you are using the xrender backend. And vsync doesn't work with the xrender backend. It is pure luck that it worked for you before, it could have been broken by anything.

If you want vsync, please use --backend glx.

[Rosalie241]

Alright, that works, thanks ❤️

[Rosalie241]

huh, after restarting X and rebooting, the tearing is back (yes, it's in the autostart)

[yshui]

@tim241 Put backend = "glx" in your config file.

[Rosalie241]

I used compton --vsync --backend glx and I also tried compton --backend glx --vsync

[Rosalie241]

I don't have a config file, I don't want to make one either.

[yshui]

Can you make sure that you set up autostart correctly?

[Rosalie241]

alright, just tested it again and it seems to work now weirdly enough. Thanks again ❤️

[yshui]

@tim241 Feel free to reopen it if it happens again. Vsync should work with NVIDIA driver + glx backend. If it doesn't it would be really weird. So be sure to check if your command line flags are actually passed to compton.