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how to fix radeon screen tearing

Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWg8q_f7nI4

Check driver:

lspci -nnk | grep -i -EA3 "3d|display|vga"

Backup config files:

mkdir ~/xorg-backup
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf ~/xorg-backup/
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ~/xorg-backup/

Use case 1: driver - radeon

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Radeon"
    Driver "radeon"
    Option "TearFree" "on"
EndSection

Use case 2: driver - amdgpu

sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf

Add:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "AMD"
    Driver "amdgpu"
    Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
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