Bug 462603 - Flickering when kwin compositor enabled
Summary: Flickering when kwin compositor enabled
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: compositing (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-12-03 18:10 UTC by sepiol
Modified: 2025-02-04 20:56 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Video showing the flickering when a "popup" apears and disapears (1.81 MB, video/mp4)
2022-12-03 18:10 UTC, sepiol
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Description sepiol 2022-12-03 18:10:44 UTC
Created attachment 154285 [details]
Video showing the flickering when a "popup" apears and disapears

When I use KWin composing, sometimes the desktop flickers. When i turn composing off, the problem does not occur.
The flickering also does not occur always. Sometimes it does, sometimes not. Also there are some actions/animations that do more frequently gnerate the flickering.
The attached video demonstrates the issue.

I do have another Laptop where the bug does not occur. I would guess it originates from the 19:10 ratio or the ~4K resolution of the screen (which my other Laptop does not have).


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian GNU/Linux (Bookworm)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel: 6.0.0-5-amd64
Graphics Platform: X11
Graphics Driver: Intel Mesa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hardware:
Lenovo T14 Gen 3
Display resolution 3840x2400
Intel Core i7-1270P (Iris Xe Graphics)
Comment 1 sepiol 2022-12-10 19:58:01 UTC
After several attempts to solve the issue, I discovered, that using Plasma Wayland solves the issue entirely. Also it seems to scale so much better than X11 Plasma on 4K Displays.
To install Plasma Wayland I yust installed plasma-workspace-wayland:
    apt install plasma-workspace-wayland
Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-02-04 20:56:09 UTC
Closing as the user reported the problem fixed