Comment 59 for bug 111257

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In , Jack Malmostoso (malmostoso) wrote :

(In reply to comment #19)
> This bug looks a lot like bug #11643, but the answer was determinant there:
>
> "There is no way to correctly support XV with XAA and Composite, and the result
> is that you get an error when you try to do so. Use EXA instead."

It is true that using EXA allows the use of XV, but as I mentioned in #11643 performance is just terrible. I'd rather use XAA without XV.

Additionally, using EXA+compiz draws some weird artifacts around windows: http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3981/screenexapi0.png

Thanks!