Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
Hi, Brice Goglin brice.gog...@ens-lyon.org (20/03/2008): For the record, the new intel driver 2.2.99.901 brings xvmc support for 915/945/g33 chipset. 965 is supposed to arrive in the near future too. But it doesn't look like 855 (the one requested in this bug report) is supported yet. I'm a bit lazy to double check, so let's just ask: is that fixed in current versions already? Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 10:15:12PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: Looking at this more deeply, I actually noticed that XvMC is only supported on i810/i815 chipsets. That's why the option is ignored and XvMC does not work on your i855. Upstream confirmed that this is a software limitation and they plan to implement XvMC for other Intel chipsets in the future. So I am retitling this bug and changing it to a wishlist. For the record, the new intel driver 2.2.99.901 brings xvmc support for 915/945/g33 chipset. 965 is supposed to arrive in the near future too. But it doesn't look like 855 (the one requested in this bug report) is supported yet. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
Brice Goglin wrote: 2:2.0.0-1 just entered testing actually :) But this one is known to have multiple bugs on your i855 (especially regarding XV), so I don't expect you to be very happy with it. 2:2.0.0-5 fixes most of these i855 specific problems, so it would better to test this one directly. If you ever want to give a quick try, it's available at: I was very surprised to see it come through last night with a slew of other updates in testing, so I quickly downloaded everything and began the task of configuring everything! You're not wrong about the new driver on the i855, it sucks, I don't use language like that flippantly :) Performance has dropped considerably to the extent that I can no longer use compiz and the whole thing feels really sluggish and given that I'm using an X40 I'm getting hard lock-ups occasionally (although the BTS shows that is fixed in a later version). Still, I'm hoping to weather this release out in the knowledge that things *will* improve in the future as this driver appears to be actively developed! I tried to set XvMCSurfaces in xorg.conf to 7, however in my Xorg.0.log I get: (WW) intel(0): Option XvMCSurfaces is not used Which is pretty much what I had before the driver change. I thought I'd email you just to give you some feedback from the field. -- Regards, Sheridan Hutchinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
Sheridan Hutchinson wrote: I was very surprised to see it come through last night with a slew of other updates in testing, so I quickly downloaded everything and began the task of configuring everything! You're not wrong about the new driver on the i855, it sucks, I don't use language like that flippantly :) Note that 2.1.0 has been released today with lots of fixes for old chipsets. It will be in unstable tonight (as 2:2.1.0-1). Performance has dropped considerably to the extent that I can no longer use compiz and the whole thing feels really sluggish About Compiz, you might want to try: Option AccelMethod EXA in the Device section of your xorg.conf. and given that I'm using an X40 I'm getting hard lock-ups occasionally (although the BTS shows that is fixed in a later version). Still, I'm hoping to weather this release out in the knowledge that things *will* improve in the future as this driver appears to be actively developed! I tried to set XvMCSurfaces in xorg.conf to 7, however in my Xorg.0.log I get: (WW) intel(0): Option XvMCSurfaces is not used The manpage seems to say that it should work. But I don't have any actual idea whether it is supposed to work today or not. At least https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5329 seems to say it worked before. I found the following old upstream bug about XvMC in the i810 driver: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6409 Feel free to add some comments there. I would be good to ping the upstream developers anyway (you should post your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log too). Let me know if you need help. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
severity 416438 wishlist retitle 416438 xserver-xorg-video-intel: want XvMC support for non-i810 chipsets thank you Brice Goglin wrote: I tried to set XvMCSurfaces in xorg.conf to 7, however in my Xorg.0.log I get: (WW) intel(0): Option XvMCSurfaces is not used The manpage seems to say that it should work. But I don't have any actual idea whether it is supposed to work today or not. At least https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5329 seems to say it worked before. Looking at this more deeply, I actually noticed that XvMC is only supported on i810/i815 chipsets. That's why the option is ignored and XvMC does not work on your i855. Upstream confirmed that this is a software limitation and they plan to implement XvMC for other Intel chipsets in the future. So I am retitling this bug and changing it to a wishlist. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
Brice Goglin wrote: Hi, A couple months ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding XvMC not working on your thinkpad X40 with the i810 driver. Did you reproduce this problem recently? With Xorg/Etch? With latest xserver-xorg-core and xserver-xorg-video-intel driver? Thanks, Brice Hi Brice, Indeed it still doesn't work with the i810 driver and I run a purely testing environment and currently am not contemplating using packages from unstable. From all the information I've read about the intel driver XvMC 'should' work with the adaptor in the X40. I'm happy to wait for that driver to filter in to testing in the future and test it then. I would suggest closing this bug (if you've not already done so) and I'll file a new wish-list bug under the new driver if XvMC doesn't work. -- Regards, Sheridan Hutchinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
Sheridan Hutchinson wrote: Indeed it still doesn't work with the i810 driver and I run a purely testing environment and currently am not contemplating using packages from unstable. From all the information I've read about the intel driver XvMC 'should' work with the adaptor in the X40. I'm happy to wait for that driver to filter in to testing in the future and test it then. 2:2.0.0-1 just entered testing actually :) But this one is known to have multiple bugs on your i855 (especially regarding XV), so I don't expect you to be very happy with it. 2:2.0.0-5 fixes most of these i855 specific problems, so it would better to test this one directly. If you ever want to give a quick try, it's available at: ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-intel/xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.0.0-5_i386.deb I would suggest closing this bug (if you've not already done so) and I'll file a new wish-list bug under the new driver if XvMC doesn't work. Your bug report is pretty clear, recent, the problem/symptoms did not change. I'd rather keep it as is. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#416438: xserver-xorg-video-i810: XvMC IBM Thinkpad X40 Not Working
Hi, A couple months ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding XvMC not working on your thinkpad X40 with the i810 driver. Did you reproduce this problem recently? With Xorg/Etch? With latest xserver-xorg-core and xserver-xorg-video-intel driver? Thanks, Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
