[mythtv-users] Tearing with Nvidia Driver 455.45

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 21:46:20 -0500, you wrote:

>
>On 12/8/20 9:37 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 06:21:55 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>> So Stephen, since I have not had Composite  Disable set in my xorg.conf
>>> and not seen tearing, is that because I'm using the OpenGL software
>>> Video Profile in Mythtv?
>>>
>>> Jim A
>> That sounds like a good theory, but you would need to test it.  I have
>> no idea if you are right or not.
>
>I put in the Composite disable and my Cinammon Desktop would not boot, 
>so that answers that.  I'm happy with the way the OpenGL software only 
>solution is working. a 6 core 12 thread Ryzen 5 can make up for a lot.
>
>Jim A

A quick web search for "Cinnamon Desktop" and "composite" seems to
show that Cinnamon uses compositing for desktop effects - so turning
it off might be a problem without turning off those effects first.  If
so, then Cinnamon is probably not a good desktop to use with MythTV.