Major stability issues with xf86-video-intel 2.2.0 when using Xv

[Leo]

On 2007-12-12 07:03 +0000, Rémi Cardona wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We've recently updated the intel driver to 2.2.0 in Gentoo and while the
> overall experience is fine, Xv support on my 855 had major regressions
> since 2.1.1

I seem to have similar problems. I am running Fedora 8 and my video is
intel 855 GME.

>
> Usually, playing a video will crash X at some point without any user
> input (after something like 10 to 20 minutes). If I touch the video
> program - totem or mplayer in my trials - like minimizing or putting
> another window in front of it, or switching VT, then X will crash a few
> seconds to a few minutes after restarting playback. (or even
> instantaneously if the video is still running)
>
> Most of the time, only X crashes (with a randomly colorful screen) but
> sometimes X will freeze the whole machine.
>
> Attached is a Xorg log of one of my many crashes. It's the only log I
> managed to get, since all other crashes produced no output whatsoever.
>
> What's changed wrt Xv support since 2.1 on 855? Are there any
> alternatives to git-bisect to help find the change?
>
> Cheers,

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