The patch pointed to in comment #5 is included in the kernel the user was running at the time of the original report.
The reporter has confirmed he's still seeing the problem:
""" I run again "vdr-sxfe --video=xvmc". This time, complete Desktop freeze, i had to reboot.
uname -a Linux i2400 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux """
The patch pointed to in comment #5 is included in the kernel the user was running at the time of the original report.
The reporter has confirmed he's still seeing the problem:
"""
I run again "vdr-sxfe --video=xvmc". This time, complete Desktop freeze, i had to reboot.
uname -a
Linux i2400 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
"""