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

Jesse Barnes jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org
Thu Dec 13 11:09:47 PST 2007


On Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:44 Rémi Cardona wrote:
> Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > I'm working on a 2.2.1 release now to address these types of
> > problems.  The only Xv related change I can think of was to avoid
> > crashes on some machines where if you used Xv and exited the server
> > you'd get a crash; I can't think of anything else that would cause
> > the problem you're seeing.  Is there a bug filed?
>
> Willi Mann pointed out bug #13108, and it looks very similar.
> Unfortunately, it's not marked as fixed and there's no reference to a
> patch either in xf86-video-intel nor xorg-server for me to try.

I just added it to the 2.2.1 blocker list.  This seems like a major 
regression to me, and I hate regressions (we have one other that's 
driving me crazy right now, 13196).  I'll try to get both fixed for the 
2.2.1 release...

Thanks,
Jesse



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