Nvidia GTX 930M no "Sync to v blank" button

In "Nvidia X Server Settings" with a GTX 770, under "OpenGL Settings" There are two check-boxes called "Sync to VBlank" and "Allow Flipping" which fix screen tearing.

However with a GTX 930M these two check-boxes are not there and the screen shows terrible tearing vertically.

How do I fix this tearing with the 930M? (consuming as little battery charge as possible)

2 Answers

I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Lenovo ThinkPad E540 with Nvidia Optimus - GT740M

I managed to get nVidia drivers working through this article:

I had to pay attention to every step, especially the IBus one, that i at first didn't notice (therefore skipped), but doing the IBus step and rebooting solved the issue.

Now i can run programs through nVidia GPU with the help of optirun command (only).

Archived contents of the link in case of the page updating/going down.

The tearing went away when I updated the Nvidia drivers from the ppa.


first do

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

then

sudo apt update

Then go to "Additional drivers" (search the dash) and you'll find options to install more up-to-date drivers.

I still can't find the button but I don't need it anymore.

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