Bug 469460 - X11: Screen flicker on fullscreen game
Summary: X11: Screen flicker on fullscreen game
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.27.5
Platform: Other Other
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: X11-only
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Reported: 2023-05-07 22:25 UTC by Edgars
Modified: 2025-06-08 03:47 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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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.