Bug 469460

Summary:	X11: Screen flicker on fullscreen game
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Edgars <edgarsscirulis>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	X11-only
Version First Reported In:	5.27.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Edgars 2023-05-07 22:25:13 UTC

Hello there, On X11 session when I switch to fullscreen on game the screen from buttom flickers randomly. Dosnt happen in Wayland sessnion.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open Any game? from my behaviour I play OpenGL games.
2.  Switch to fullscreen?


OBSERVED RESULT
 Randomly after playing screen starts flickering


EXPECTED RESULT
 Screen dosnt flicker.

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-02-24 17:58:27 UTC

Adding the x11-only keyword

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-05-09 14:34:15 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. I'm sorry we weren't able to get to this yet. There have been many fixes and improvements since this was reported, and this issue may have been fixed.

Can you please re-test on your system with Plasma 6.3.4 or later and let us know if you can still reproduce the problem? If you can, please set this report back to REPORTED. Thanks!

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-24 03:47:31 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-08 03:47:44 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.