From: "Brandon Mercer" <bmercer@eutonian.com>
Subject: Re: Would it be worthwhile to set TearFree on by default for radeon and amdgpu in Xenocara?
To: "izzy Meyer" <izder456@disroot.org>, misc@openbsd.org, tech@openbsd.org
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:25:22 +0000

On Wed, Jul 22, 2026, at 6:13 PM, izzy Meyer wrote:
> Hello misc@ (also sent to tech@)
>
> A while back, the modesetting driver in Xenocara got the TearFree option
> set to "on" by default:
>
> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=174949311406685&w=2
>
> I think it may be worthwhile to do the same for amdgpu and radeon
> users. I have vision issues that make me nauseous when there's any
> level of screen tearing on my machine. It would be nice to not have to
> manually override the default in Xenocara for these drivers. One more
> sane default like this can go a long way for a fair number of users I
> think.

Not all hardware supports this, and it would prevent X from starting. This is a safer default for most people.