Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-intel does not have support for Sandybridge Xv video acceleration, but it advertises support and attempting to use it is causing a system hang. Given that these devices will be released before 11.04 is released, I believe it would be in our best interest to disable Xv for Maverick for a better user experience. The change only affects these specific devices (covered by the IS_GEN6 macro) so the regression potential is extremely low. Upstream addressed this issue in this commit: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/commit/?id=8784c4f5a1524fb979b00c7ce7981cbc1dcf0ec0 author Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk> 2010-10-01 20:40:36 (GMT) committer Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk> 2010-10-01 20:45:15 (GMT) commit 8784c4f5a1524fb979b00c7ce7981cbc1dcf0ec0 tree d73f10e7631195c2ecb70d87aa7f3ba00da93e09 parent 345c963e443ec325f1ff530512a356ddb318ff70 video: Disable TextureAdaptor for Sandybridge The acceleration code does not yet exist, so we try to use gen4 shaders which hangs the chip and makes everybody upset. Disable it until such a time as support is written for Sandybridge XVideo. Reported-by: Matthias Hopf <mh...@suse.de> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30500 Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk> Patch will follow soon and has been tested by me on 2 sandybridge machines to verify that desktop applications that autodetect Xv support no longer crash the system (cheese, totem visualizations, rhythmbox visualizer). ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Sandybridge] Attempting to use Xv textured video hangs the system. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654876 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
