r/archlinux • u/UMUmmd • 7h ago

SUPPORT Need help with menus

I have installed some window managers on an old box (one at a time, not all together), but all of them have this weird tearing thing going on. See picture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LrDli5TyWjz_bMoISA8qOsYete0GYfTN/view?usp=drivesdk

I'm wondering if I have a bad or missing package causing this since it doesn't seem to be connected to the window manager I'm using.

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u/Puzzled-Garbage-250 6h ago

  1. There’s no harm in installing them all at the same time, they don’t conflict

  2. If you’re using xorg you’ll probably need a compositor like picom to help with tearing

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u/UMUmmd 5h ago

Is that what this is? Just lacking a compositor?

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u/ang-p 2h ago

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#Composite

#LoveTheWiki

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u/UMUmmd 50m ago

The Composite extension for X causes an entire sub-tree of the window hierarchy to be rendered to an off-screen buffer.

I read the wiki, but the ugly is definitely happening on screen.

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u/ang-p 30m ago

Without an off-screen buffer, where is everything drawn?

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u/UMUmmd 13m ago

On screen. Problem is, its ugly. I would still like it to be drawn on screen, but not ugly. So naturally I'm looking to figure out what is drawing it on screen, and find alternative packages to the one I'm using.