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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 package

TexturedVideo option is unsupported

Bug #63674 reported by Simon Law
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In Edgy, the fglrx driver does not support the TexturedVideo option, which lets ATI's new AVIVO cards support the X-Video extension. This means that totem-gstreamer can only use raw X11 calls to draw video to the screen, which isn't a very good idea.

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John Dong (jdong) wrote :

There is a known problem with all fglrx releases and AVIVO/xv + Xorg 7.1, where xv does not show up or load. ATI says in their knowledge base that they are working on it (whatever that means!)

In addition, there have been reported AVIVO/xv issues on Xorg 6.9, especially with AMD64 and segfaults or kernel oopses+backtraces.

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Simon Law (sfllaw) wrote :

This is documented by ATI under:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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John Dong (jdong) wrote :

xv works here for me with 8.29 drivers. So, a possible workaround is to install these drivers, (or use the Xgl server, which uses a different method to provide hardware xv acceleration)

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Fixed in a newer driver release some time ago.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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