Rippling effect when moving windows or scrolling

[Olivier Fourdan]

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TerryJ wrote:
> I've got Xfce 4 (version 4.3.99.2 (Xfce 4.4 RC2)) on KateOS 3.2, where 
> it's the default desktop.  Now I have to use fuzzy language.
> 
> When I scroll on a page, the page seems to have a wave moving below it.  
> It's like watching a series of related camera frames in sequence, or 
> slides.  It's very distracting.  A similar thing occurs when I move a 
> window.
> 
> I cannot find any relevant settings and don't know whether the two 
> things are related.  Does anyone have any ideas?


You probably have the compositor enabled but your hardware is too slow
to repaint the screen at an acceptable rate..

Use wmtweaks to disable compositing:

Settings => Xfce 4 Window Manager Tweaks => Composior (last tab or the
right) and disable compositing.

HTH
Cheers,
Olivier.

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