Interesting, I mentioned in an earlier comment that it appears this bug is an accumulation of several different issues, that happen to share similar symptoms. Other follow up comments seem to confirm this to be the case.
I think the right thing to do is to break this bug report up into each of the individual bugs, and get them reported upstream so we can get their help in resolving them. To do this, I'll need your assistance. We'll need you both to help in splitting out the bug reports, and in helping improve the analysis on the issues to a state that will get good results when we report it upstream. First, how to tell if you should report your bug separately, vs. join on someone else's bug? You should file a new bug unless all of the following match EXACTLY to an existing bug: * Symptoms * Steps to reproduce * Steps to workaround * Chipset ID (down to the PCI ID) If in doubt, file a new bug and mention the bug ID of the one(s) you think are similar. It is easy for us to dupe multiple bugs together. Anyway, here's the steps to do: 1. Test against Jaunty. It's fine to do this either by a) upgrading, or b) downloading and running the LiveCD (ISOs are at http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty). 2. See if you can reproduce the issue with Xv. If not, stop here; you're done (unless you want to help test anyway.) 3. Back up your xorg.conf 4. If you still see the issue, take detailed notes of what you see. Please test each case with BOTH mplayer and Totem. * What color is the play window? * Out of 10 tries, how many times did it show the symptom? * What happens if you use Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"? EXA? * What happens if Desktop Effects is turned off? on? * What happens if AIGLX is disabled? enabled? * What happens if you set the depth to 16bpp? 24bpp? 32bpp? * Does using x11 instead of xv make the green screen go away? * Does changing the AGPMode option help? Possible values include 1, 2, 4, 8. * Does using Option "VideoKey" "0x01" help? 5. Now you're ready to file the bug. Please follow these steps: a) Restore your backup xorg.conf and reboot b) Reproduce the issue one time. c) Look at 'lspci -nn | grep VGA' to get chipset and pci id. Chipset will be something like 7500, HD 2600XT, etc. The PCI ID will be the last part in the brackets. like [104c:8023] d) Run `ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-video-ati` to create the bug. This automatically includes the files we need. e) Title your bug like: "Xv playback shows green screen on [104c:XXXX]" Replace XXXX with your PCI ID found above. (Include additional symptoms, hw info, etc. in title as relevant) f) Paste your answers from step 4 above. g) Make mention of this bug, #150519 h) On this bug, add a comment mentioning your new bug number so others can keep track. Finally, thank you ahead of time for braving this lengthy message. Hopefully, with your help we'll be able to finally put these bugs to rest. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Summary changed: - [Mobility 7500] [AIGLX] xv shows green screen with AIGLX enabled + MASTER: xv shows green screen ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-ati + When playing videos using XV on -ati, totem, mplayer, vlc, and other + players simply display a blank green screen. Without xv, the green + screen is not seen, however there are often other problems. - with the radeon driver, XV does not work, I get a green screen in totem, - mplayer, whatever. Without xv, video playback is slow/bad quality. + From reports from various commenters (below), it seems as though there + are several different bugs that can produce this set of symptoms. So we + are asking people to file separate reports for each case. - When I disable AIGLX in the xorg.conf, the problem goes away. + You should file a new bug unless all of the following match EXACTLY to + an existing bug: - This will interfere with the composite by default, a lot of people will - complain video playback won't work. + * Symptoms + * Steps to reproduce + * Steps to workaround + * Chipset ID (down to the PCI ID) + + If in doubt, file a new bug and mention the bug ID of the one(s) you + think are similar. It is easy for us to dupe multiple bugs together. + + Next, follow these steps: + + 1. Test against Jaunty. It's fine to do this either by a) upgrading, + or b) downloading and running the LiveCD (ISOs are at + http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty). + + 2. See if you can reproduce the issue with Xv. If not, stop here; + you're done (unless you want to help test anyway.) + + 3. Back up your xorg.conf + + 4. If you still see the issue, take detailed notes of what you see. + Please test each case with BOTH mplayer and Totem. + + * What color is the play window? + * Out of 10 tries, how many times did it show the symptom? + * What happens if you use Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"? EXA? + * What happens if Desktop Effects is turned off? on? + * What happens if AIGLX is disabled? enabled? + * What happens if you set the depth to 16bpp? 24bpp? 32bpp? + * Does using x11 instead of xv make the green screen go away? + * Does changing the AGPMode option help? + Possible values include 1, 2, 4, 8. + * Does using Option "VideoKey" "0x01" help? + + 5. Now you're ready to file the bug. Please follow these steps: + + a) Restore your backup xorg.conf and reboot + b) Reproduce the issue one time. + c) Look at 'lspci -nn | grep VGA' to get chipset and pci id. + Chipset will be something like 7500, HD 2600XT, etc. + The PCI ID will be the last part in the brackets. like [104c:8023] + d) Run `ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-video-ati` to create the bug. + This automatically includes the files we need. + e) Title your bug like: "Xv playback shows green screen on [104c:XXXX]" + Replace XXXX with your PCI ID found above. + (Include additional symptoms, hw info, etc. in title as relevant) + f) Paste your answers from step 4 above. + g) Make mention of this bug, #150519 + h) On this bug, add a comment mentioning your new bug number so + others can keep track. -- MASTER: xv shows green screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150519 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
