[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2017-03-08 Thread Alexey
For me, the bug permanently disappeared a few months ago. Ubuntu 16.04. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/1622955 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2017-03-08 Thread harshit xsh
Had the same problem, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver- xorg-video-intel/+bug/1537053/comments/15 solved the problem. Is there any permanent fix available from OS side in the new version? I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-11-20 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-21 Thread Leo Lee
Thanks, Christopher. here is the new report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1625877 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top,

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Leo Lee, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu by ensuring you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information running the following from a terminal: ubuntu-bug xorg Also, please feel free to

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-19 Thread Alexey
Indeed, this works for me too. Thanks, Leo Lee. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top, buggly. To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-19 Thread Leo Lee
I have the same problem on my laptop with 16.04 CPU i5-6600 GPU HD 530 but the situation is fixed after canceled the option "Accelerated video output(Overlay)" in Preference > Video > Display -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Alexey (alexey-muranov), it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu by ensuring you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information running the following from a terminal: ubuntu-bug xorg Also, please feel

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-12 Thread Alexey
I also had such problems with VLC on Intel HD 520, Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1, and setting video output to GLX solved it. ** Tags added: apport-collected ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-09-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jiawen Chen, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please run the following command once from a terminal by ensuring you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information: apport-collect -p

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-08-24 Thread Jonathan Polak
same here. Xenial 16.04 / Thinkpad T460 i5-6200 integrated intel 520 graphics -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top, buggly. To manage notifications

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-08-20 Thread Marco B.
I can confirm this bug, and that changing the video output to "OpenGL GLX video output(XCB)" as per comment #15 appears to work around the issue (thanks epoxy!). My system: Ubuntu 16.04 Kernel 4.4.0-31-generic Acer Aspire F15 laptop CPU Intel i7-6500U (Skylake) Nvidia GeForce 940M (probably not

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-07-25 Thread Randy Olive
The fix at #5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg- video-intel/+bug/1537053/comments/15 worked for me. I am using a laptop with the same intel drivers, and Ubuntu 16.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-06-20 Thread epoxy
I found a solution in the askubuntu forum that works for me. http://askubuntu.com/questions/736923/vlc-not-displaying-video-properly- in-fullscreen# In short: Tools > Preferences > Video > Output change to "OpenGL GLX video output(XCB), save and restart vlc. This fixed both the blue screen and

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-06-14 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
A bug in the intel X driver. ** Package changed: vlc (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-06-12 Thread epoxy
Hi, Any of you who knows if there is any progress here? I have the same problems mentioned above and on https://github.com/linuxenko/ubuntu-skylake-i915-video-fix. The movie- window inside the vlc application will always block anything else on the screen. Also, videos in Skype flickers between

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-03-10 Thread Mart
Awesome. That helped! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top, buggly. To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-03-10 Thread Simon P.
It indeed seems to be a problem with the new skylake hardware rather than a vlc- specific problem . I found a fix on github that worked for me: https://github.com/linuxenko/ubuntu-skylake-i915-video-fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-03-10 Thread Simon P.
Today I installed the latest graphics drivers directly from intel with the Intel graphics installer, it did not help to fix the problem. By the way, the skype video chat is also acting very strange, the video flashes and gets blue sometimes and my new laptop completely freezes frequently. I

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-03-06 Thread Simon P.
I have exactly the same problem with vlc on my Thinkpad X260 which also uses the Intel HD 520 graphics. My system: Ubuntu 14.04.4 Kernel: Linux x260 4.2.0-30-generic #36~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 26 18:49:23 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VLC: 2.1.6 Rincewind

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-17 Thread Mart
It is likely I suppose. I also tried to uninstall "libvdpau1", but it didn't actually improve anything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc screen always on top,

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-17 Thread Jiawen Chen
I now come to suspect the problem is caused by the Intel's new graphics processors,which I got the same model as that of Mart, "Intel HD Graphics 520" (Intel Core m3-6Y30 CPU). This hardware rolled out on 2015 August. I have tried vlc on 14.04 and 15.10 on this laptop, and both shows the bug. --

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-12 Thread Mart
By the way, just tried SMPlayer and had the same result. I don't know if it helps at all. Most videos work OK with the default player, but VLC seems to be the only one (of the 3 mentioned here, at least) capable of not lagging behind on the 4K video I just downloaded. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-12 Thread RĂ©mi Denis-Courmont
Can you check if you have 'libvdpau-va-gl1' package installed, and if so, remove it? Also, try changing video output in VLC preferences (you might need to restart VLC). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-12 Thread Mart
I don't exactly have the one you described, but I do have "libvdpau1:amd64" installed, it seems. Could removing that help? As for changing output... To what? There's quite a few to choose from. https://www.dropbox.com/s/dcguz4a22khrhs6/IMG_20160212_202436.jpg?dl=0 I hope it's unrelated, but my

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-11 Thread Mart
I forgot to add that I originally installled VLC through apt sudo apt-get install vlc when I had the problem, I uninstalled it and tried through Ubuntu Software Center and the problem stayed the same. I also tried to install sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-* but it didn't help. It isn't on top

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-11 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537053 Title: vlc

[Bug 1537053] Re: vlc screen always on top, buggly.

2016-02-11 Thread Mart
I have exactly the same problem. vlc --version: VLC media player 2.1.6 Rincewind (revision 2.1.6-0-gea01d28) VLC version 2.1.6 Rincewind (2.1.6-0-gea01d28) Compiled by buildd on brownie.buildd (Mar 26 2015 02:41:27) Compiler: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) I have a freshly installed