Bug#779262: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Low performance and stuck system reproducing videos with Flash in Iceweasel using EXA Accel mode

[Michel Dänzer]

On 26.02.2015 11:58, Jose Maldonado wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:7.5.0-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Well, I have two little and strange problems with xserver-xorg-video-radeon, in
> this case using EXA Accel mode and Iceweasel and flashplugin. Chromium and
> pepperflashplugin without problem.
> 
> The first case is this:
> 
> 1.- Open Iceweasel and go to watch any video using Flash player (YouTube,
> Nowvideo, Vk, Crunchyroll)
> 2.- Reproduce any video in windows mode.
> 
> Results: Low performance reproducing video, the frame drops in video is
> awesome. In HTML5 the videos go without issues.
> 
> The second case is this:
> 
> 1.- Open Iceweasel and go to watch any video using Flash (YouTube, Nowvideo,
> Vk, Crunchyroll)
> 2.- Reproduce the video in fullscreen mode.
> 3.- Wait a 5 minutes and Kabooom!

Do you have the mesa-vdpau-drivers package installed and video decoding
acceleration enabled in flashplugin? If so, does disabling that avoid
the problems?


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