[Needs EXA] Video playback failes with compiz enabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-driver-ati |
Fix Released
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High
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
Video playbacks fails on the included radeon driver, when compiz is enabled. This is caused by the the XAA accelerator, which is used when compiz is enabled. That accelerator does not support a mechanism to migrate pixmaps from system ram to vram [1], which makes video playback fail with the following errors:
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Using the new EXA accelerator instead of the old XAA one [2], makes video playback possible. This accelerator should be the default one when using the radeon driver, as having to disable 3D effects when you want to play video is HIGHLY annoying, especially when Compiz is enabled by default.
The Xorg option to force EXA:
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
System details:
Xorg window system 1:7.4~2ubuntu1
RADEON display driver 1:6.9.0+
Sapphire X1650 Pro
Ubuntu Intreprid, fully updated
Related branches
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati: | |
status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
tags: | added: iso-testing |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | High → Unknown |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
Created an attachment (id=2149)
My xorg.conf