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Screen tearing on X11 — how to fix

If you see tearing artifacts on X11, this is a typical NVIDIA scenario.

What helps most often

Section titled “What helps most often”

Enable ForceCompositionPipeline.

Create or edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Option "ForceCompositionPipeline" "On"
EndSection

If this is not enough, try:

Option "ForceFullCompositionPipeline" "On"

Verification

Section titled “Verification”
  1. Restart the X11 session (or reboot)
  2. Check whether tearing is gone in scrolling/video/games

Source

Section titled “Source”