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0008883Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2025-03-20 13:02
Reporterzafi Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0008883: My screen is tearing.
Description

I tried to install compton but when i tried to run it it gives me this error
┌──(user㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ compton
PCRE regular expression support not compiled in.

and also i tried installing picom but also when i tried to run it it gives me this error
┌──(ebonet㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ picom
[ 08/23/24 12:55:01.480 x_create_picture_with_pictfmt_and_pixmap ERROR ] failed to create picture (X error 8 MATCH request 139 minor 4 serial 2425)
[ 08/23/24 12:55:01.480 root_damaged ERROR ] Failed to bind root back pixmap
Xlib: ignoring invalid extension event 161
Xlib: ignoring invalid extension event 161
Xlib: ignoring invalid extension event 161
Xlib: ignoring invalid extension event 161
and this thing just continues..... forever unless i stop it

so what am i supposed to do any suggestions please?

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g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2025-03-20 13:02

administrator   ~0020363

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-08-23 09:56 zafi New Issue
2025-03-20 13:02 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0020363
2025-03-20 13:02 g0tmi1k Status new => closed