Unfortunately KMS overlay support requires a 2.6.33 kernel and xserver- xorg-video-intel 2.10 or higher. If you want to use the overlay on karmic which has KMS enabled by default you need to boot with i915.modeset=0 added to your kernel command line and it will work.
** Summary changed: - [i915gm] XV Overlay adapter not available on Intel 915GM + (Needs kernel 2.6.33) (Needs intel 2.10) [i915gm] XV Overlay adapter not available on Intel 915GM -- (Needs kernel 2.6.33) (Needs intel 2.10) [i915gm] XV Overlay adapter not available on Intel 915GM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp