On 2019-01-08 1:41 p.m., Ilya Trukhanov wrote: > Tried Unigine Valley with bspwm and Plasma, Freesync does not get > engaged when second monitor (without Freesync support) is in use. > If I turn it off with e.g. > > $ xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --off > > Freesync immediately starts working. Once I turn the monitor back on, > Freesync is gone. > > > Looking through one of the patches at > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-amdgpu/merge_requests/5 > I found this: > >> Per-CRTC support is gone for enabling variable refresh. >> A window must cover the entire X screen in order to flip >> so every CRTC must be enabled or disabled at the same time. > > If I understood correctly, in case of multi-head, a window must span > across all monitors, with all monitors having Freesync support. > Therefore, my setup won't work in this case. However, it *does* work on > Windows (albeit only one monitor has Freesync working, obviously). > > Am I missing something obvious? > Or is this some kind of X design limitation? Yes, it is. Variable refresh rate can only work with page flipping, and page flipping can only be used in Xorg when the application window spans the whole virtual desktop. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer
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