Running docker container with xfce4 GUI flickers

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Nano
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Hi,

I have a weird flickering issue when installing xfce4 with Balena using r32.7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Based on the the example docker container jetson-examples/Dockerfile at master · balena-io-examples/jetson-examples · GitHub

My code uses PaddlePaddle models an consumes allot of memory. After initialisation of models, 30 seconds later the GUI starts flickering. after 1 minute all typography disappears. This is not the case when running on the jetson image flashed on a SD.

I found out that setting:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s false

and while running the gst-launch-1.0 window with nvegltransform ! nveglglessink sync=false

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s true

stops the flickering. :)

I was wondering if this is a known issue. If there is an other GUI that is more suitable minimal installation (like lightDM) I’m open to that.

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Hi,

Could you try to run the jetson_clocks to maximize the device performance to see if it helps?
If the flicker still presents, please use nveglglessink sync=0 to turn off the GStreamer synchronization mechanism to avoid the flicker.

Thanks.

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I have discovered that the compositor is the problem. I disabled the default compositor and installed compton, which is used in your image.

inspired by

In production, I use a minimal GUI with /usr/bin/X -core and /usr/bin/compton.

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Hi,

It looks like aligning the compositor between Jetson and the container has solved the flicker issue.
Is that correct?

Thanks.

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