XWayland 23.2 RC1 Brings Tearing Control, Resizable Rootful, Emulated Input

[phoronix]

Phoronix: XWayland 23.2 RC1 Brings Tearing Control, Resizable Rootful, Emulated Input

The release candidate is out today for XWayland 23.2 as the next update for this code that allows for X11 clients to function within Wayland environments...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-23.2-RC1

[juxuanu]

Related: https://emersion.fr/blog/2023/status-update-55/

[cynic]

"also brings DRM platform support for BSD"

good!

[Kemosabe]

Resizable rootful? Does this mean that we're not limited to fullHD anymore? That's huge!

[CochainComplex]

X11 needs patch to supress tearing
(X)Wayland needs patch to allow tearing

...weird world

[oleid]

X11 needs patch to supress tearing
(X)Wayland needs patch to allow tearing

...weird world

The weirdest thing is: tear-free output on X11 never worked for me despite the patch.

[drake23]

X11 needs patch to supress tearing
(X)Wayland needs patch to allow tearing

...weird world

Tearfree with X11 has been working for me since ages with the respective option in xorg.conf.

[CochainComplex]

Tearfree with X11 has been working for me since ages with the respective option in xorg.conf.

Tearfree was an impossible luxury feature when X11 was launched. Wayland had already implemented Tearfree on the drawing board.

[stiiixy]

He just said it never worked for him, and you're all talking about, well, anything but his situation

Contributing nothing. Never even asking how or why.

I blame COVID.

edit: Can't even spell!

[CochainComplex]

He just said it never worked for him, and you're all talking about, well, anything but his situation

Co tributing nothing. Never even askee how or why.

I blame COVID

to whom you are refering?