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Screen Tearing with Intel iGPU (Intel Ultra 7 CPU Series)

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Description

Distribution

Endeavour and also on Debian 13

Package version

Cinnamon 6.4.13 (on Endeavour)

Graphics hardware in use

Intel iGPU (Intel Ultra 7 265K CPU + Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 Mainboard)

Frequency

Always

Bug description

On my current Hardware I am not able to get rid of the Screen Tearing.
On my old PC i used this config:

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

Saved in this location: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

But with the new Hardware it refuses to even boot after i save this config.
From what i found out the Tearing should be the fault of the Compositor which i cant change since i use Cinnamon with Muffin/Mutter.

Are there any other ways to get rid of that Screen Tearing?

Steps to reproduce

Install any Linux with Cinnamon Desktop Environment on this Hardware.

Expected behavior

No Screen Tearing out of the Box or after some fiddling with a config file etc.

Additional information

Sorry if I overlooked something obvious but i just can't figure out how to fix that problem on Cinnamon.
I tried KDE and I had no Tearing there.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the tearing on the Intel Ultra 7 hardware with Cinnamon and reviewing /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf alongside Muffin's compositor behavior. Compare the working KDE case and the boot failure caused by the Intel configuration; done means eliminating tearing under Cinnamon without making the system fail to boot.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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