I tested this with Fedora 17 to check if it is Ubuntu-specific but it isn't -
Fedora behaves similar.
So I filed a bug report with freedesktop.org:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57027
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #57027
I analysed this problem further and found out that all videos are played using
the Xvideo extension by default (on precise). This is different from lucid,
where the Xvideo extension doesn't seem to be available (xvinfo reports that no
driver was found).
If I force the video player to use the
BTW, I briefly tested this on oneiric and it's the same situation there,
so it's not really a new problem...
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Title:
nomodeset needed for radeon
moved to linux kernel package, which contains the modesetting
** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) = linux (Ubuntu)
** Tags added: apport-collected precise
** Description changed:
I recenty started to migrate from Lucid (10.04) to Precise (12.04).
Unfortunately, I have
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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Title:
nomodeset