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FS#48152 - [compton] doesn't have 'xrender-sync-fence' option

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Ilya (RememberTheName) - Friday, 12 February 2016, 05:12 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Saturday, 13 February 2016, 21:14 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: I don't know why, but it seems that current Compton build (2016-02-08 20:28 UTC) doesn't have '--xrender-sync-fence' and '--xrender-sync' options, which is might be useful with current Nvidia drivers. (I think that this is the case for me, because I have some redraw lag even with '--glx-swap-method 6'.)

There's a condition in Compton's Makefile (https://github.com/chjj/compton/blob/master/Makefile) for enabling these options:

# ==== X Sync ====
# Enables support for --xrender-sync-fence
ifeq "$(NO_XSYNC)" ""
CFG += -DCONFIG_XSYNC
endif

but I can't see any 'NO_XSYNC' in the current Compton's PKGBUILD, as I can't run Compton with the options :(


Additional info:
Compton version: 0.1_beta2-7 (built on 2016-02-08 20:28 UTC)
Log: (I get usage page after calling 'compton --xrender-sync-fence')


Steps to reproduce:
Run: 'compton --xrender-sync-fence'
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Closed by  Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Saturday, 13 February 2016, 21:14 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Saturday, 13 February 2016, 13:02 GMT
xrender-sync-fence is missing because it is in the master branch, but not in the latest released version of compton (git tag "v0.1_beta2").

The compton package in community is a different package from compton-git (which is available in AUR).

If you wish that the latest release version of compton should include this feature, please ping/nag upstream to make a new release tag.
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Saturday, 13 February 2016, 21:13 GMT
Switching temporarily to commit d7f95b5. We should still nag upstream and be the ones that hide in the shadows and make them fear the dark until a new release is made, though.

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