I've been getting screen tearing that is only present in Ubuntu (MATE 16.04).
Often when scrolling on pages, I get a horizontal line that tears through, and the same goes for games, particularly Minecraft (whenever I look around there is a horizontal tear)
It is extremely frustrating because the issue is not present in Windows.
I am using an i5-3570k with a NVIDIA GTX 670. Currently using the NVIDIA 361.42 proprietary drivers available through the driver options.
I tried the solution here by putting a configuration file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d as well as this solution to no avail.
Best Answer
I might be a little late here, but since you are using a NVIDIA graphics card the problem can be solved by editing
nvidia-settings
(make surenvidia-settings
is installed):Open
nvidia-settings
(as root, viasudo
).Go to XServer Display Configuration.
Click on Advanced.
Enable Force full composition pipeline or Force composition pipeline (depends on what feels best for you).
Make sure to hit Save to x configuration file.
This solves almost all screen-tearing related problems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers.