[SOLVED] Horrific screen tearing

[ron_1]

Operating system: Linux Crowz (Devuan) 5, with Mate desktop
Browser version: 32.5.2
32-bit or 64-bit browser?: 64 bit

Okay, I decided to post this here even though I don't think it's a Pale Moon problem, even though it seems to only happen in Pale Moon. I'm getting horrific screen tearing. Yesterday I went from Linux Devuan 4 up to Devuan 5 (actually Crowz, but it's basically Devuan). In the past I fixed the tearing problem by doing this (and it always worked):

If experiencing screen tearing (mostly in browser) do this:

First make sure that "Enable software compositing . . ." in Control Center >> Windows, General tab, is not checked. Then, in /home/**/.config open compton.conf and change:

backend = "xrender";
#backend = "glx";

-to-

#backend = "xrender";
backend = "glx";

Then in Startup Applications, click Add, and fill in this:

Name: Compton
Command: compton -b
Comment: Compositor

So I did the first part inside of Control Center, and the last part, making compton a startup application. The problem is that now there are no such lines in the comptom.config file to change (and the file is also in a different place, but I don't see that making any difference). So I am at a loss as to how to fix this. Pale Moon's internal hardware acceleration makes little to no difference. I've also tried the "20-intel.conf" fix I found all over the internet, but that caused a booting problem and I had to delete that file. I also read somewhere I should have "firmware-misc-nonfree" installed, which I checked and I do.

Here's my graphics report:

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Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
    driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD
    Graphics (HSW GT1)

Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this?

[ron_1]

Well, after trying something that should have been obvious, it seems to have resolved itself. I ignored the compton.config file that was in a different place, and put a copy of the old config file I happened to save, with the changed lines, where I was told it was, and it seems to have worked. It only took me about 17 hours (minus sleep time) to think of this. Old age sucks.