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People who are experiencing screen tearing in Xfce can try out the following method.
People who are experiencing screen tearing in Xfce can try out the following method.


= Installing compton =
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Compton is an X compositor which supports xrender and glx (opengl) backends.
Compton is an X compositor which supports xrender and glx (opengl) backends.


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To install it from the command line:
To install it from the command line:
  sudo pacman -S compton
  sudo pacman -S compton


= Configuring compton =
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Compton can be configured by editing ''~/.config/compton.conf'' or ''~/.config/compton/compton.conf'', the latter location is now recommended.
Compton can be configured by editing ''~/.config/compton.conf'' or ''~/.config/compton/compton.conf'', the latter location is now recommended.


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The following are some commonly used options:
The following are some commonly used options:
  backend = "glx";
  backend = "glx";
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  };


= Disabling xfwm4 compositor and enabling compton =
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The following command can be used to turn off xfwm4's compositing feature:
The following command can be used to turn off xfwm4's compositing feature:
  xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s false
  xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s false


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The following content can be pasted in ''~/.config/autostart/compton.desktop''
The following content can be pasted in ''~/.config/autostart/compton.desktop''
  [Desktop Entry]
  [Desktop Entry]
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  Hidden=false
  Hidden=false


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Now one could logout and login again to see if compton has been activated.
Now one could logout and login again to see if compton has been activated.


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To check if compton is working following command can be used:
To check if compton is working following command can be used:
  pgrep -l compton
  pgrep -l compton


= Links =
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*https://classicforum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=19857.0
*https://classicforum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=19857.0
*http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2144468&p=12644745#post12644745
*http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2144468&p=12644745#post12644745