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jovan dragisic (jdragisic) wrote : Re: [Bug 764650] Re: Flash video with hardware acceleration causes X crash with radeon driver
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the issue is not KDE related. I just added fglrx to Ubuntu Natty, and going
into fullscreen and exiting made X hang. This is with hw acceleration.
dmesg from the hang appended.

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:15 PM, tully <email address hidden> wrote:

> 3# also happends with intel drivers -
> Thinkpad T400,
> Shockwave Flash 10.2 r159,
> 2.6.39-0-generic,
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0~natty~ppa3
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/764650
>
> Title:
> Flash video with hardware acceleration causes X crash with radeon
> driver
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> New install of Kubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwahl. Emachines e442, Xorg
> verson 1:7.6+4ubuntu3, ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD
> 4200] with the generic open source radeon driver. Viewing Flash video
> in full screen on web browsers causes the Xserver to crash.
>
> The only solution is to go to the virtual console, kill firefox with
> the killall or kill -9 PID command, and restart the computer.
> Restarting KDM leads to a loss of network connections.
>
> Steps to recreate:
> 1. Open Firefox, Chrome, or Rekonq
> 2. Play flash video
> 3. Hit the full screen button
>
> The bug persists when trying to view videos with hardware acceleration
> enabled. Disabling hardware acceleration causes videos to start in
> full screen, but exit immediately. Enabling the fglrx driver from the
> "Additional driver" utility solves the problem, but brings on others,
> not related to the flash issue.
>
> Additional information on demand.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: kwin
> DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: On
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480
> 640x480
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wANr5kVAAAAAAcUAQOAIhN4Cj2VlFZPjigmUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBeh1W0lAAHjA8KDYAWMEQAAAYAAAA/gBOMTU2QjMtTDBCCiAgAAAA/gBDTU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBOMTU2QjMtTDBCCiAgAEg=
> DRM.card0.VGA.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: On
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> Date: Mon Apr 18 15:40:23 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: kubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9712] (prog-if
> 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0489]
> InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110418)
> MachineType: eMachines eME442
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
> root=UUID=40d255d0-1cee-4b33-84a1-5fc0dab6da74 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> Renderer: Unknown
> SourcePackage: xorg
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: eMachines
> dmi.bios.version: V1.04
> dmi.board.name: eME442
> dmi.board.vendor: eMachines
> dmi.board.version: V1.04
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: eMachines
> dmi.chassis.version: V1.04
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvneMachines:bvrV1.04:bd08/10/2010:svneMachines:pneME442:pvrV1.04:rvneMachines:rneME442:rvrV1.04:cvneMachines:ct10:cvrV1.04:
> dmi.product.name: eME442
> dmi.product.version: V1.04
> dmi.sys.vendor: eMachines
> version.compiz: compiz N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
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