Intel NUC5CPYH Ubuntu mouse trail

Question

As can be seen in the screenshot, I have a problem with a mouse trail showing up on screen:

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04, with Intel graphics driver, and pass trough Yamaha receiver.

Have you tried to enable vsync? – hexman Dec 23 '17 at 14:55 — hexman, Dec 23 '17 at 14:55
Sync to Vblank is enabled in CompizConfig. – Einar Sandoz Dec 24 '17 at 12:13 — Einar Sandoz, Dec 24 '17 at 12:13
I guess Option "TearFree" "true" fixed it. – Einar Sandoz Dec 24 '17 at 18:15 — Einar Sandoz, Dec 24 '17 at 18:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '19 at 23:20

The answer was found in the case: “Solution” to Intel Graphics Screen Tearing/Flickering Causes Excessive Fan Use in Ubuntu 16.10/17.04/17.10

The correct solution would be to create the following folder and file:

sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel-graphics.conf

you can use any text editor you prefer

copy then paste the following content:

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
   Driver      "intel"
   Option      "TripleBuffer" "true"
   Option      "TearFree"     "true"
   Option      "DRI"          "true"
EndSection

remember to save the file

Do not create these files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. That is the location for example configuration files for X, not the ones that are actually loaded.

source: Question 945895

Intel NUC5CPYH Ubuntu mouse trail

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