Problem with xv on RV500

[Alex Deucher]

On 3/29/09, Christian P. Schmidt <schmidt at digadd.de> wrote:
> Hello devels,
>
>  I do have a major issue with driver version 6.12.1 on x86-64, running X
>  1.5.3.
>
>  The problem: Running enlightenment DR17 as the Window Manager one can
>  "roll up" a window into its titlebar. If that window happens to be a
>  mplayer video window using the xv output driver there is a high
>  probability of things going awry - X uses 100-180% CPU (Dual Core
>  Laptop), the mouse only moves sporadically, keyboard input is not
>  accepted any more.
>
>  Logging into the machine via ssh I observed the high CPU, and killed,
>  one after the other, mplayer, enlightenment and X. All that was left in
>  the end was a process called [X] that ignored the KILL signal and gave
>  me permission denied when I tried to strace it as root. This process
>  constantly consumed 100% CPU until a reboot.
>
>  This is surely related to xv (resizing the active window to zero?) as
>  there is no problem using just x11 as the video output driver in mplayer.

This is a GPU hang.  Some combination of commands when you roll up the
window is causing the GPU to hang.  Does switching to EXA help (Option
"AccelMethod" "EXA")?

Alex